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includes letters from:
Alexander Waugh, London - commends mission to the Tartars; Russian government favour location in Tomsk governorate over the Volga neighbourhood where the Moravian settlement was already situated; forwards papers re contacts with Russian imperial government and rights granted to Moravians
summary of rights applicable to LMS missionaries, in French, with English translation
joint letters of John Paterson and Robert Pinkerton, St Petersburg - recommending mission station among the Buryat people, with opportunities to reach Mongol [Mongolian] and Manjur [Manchurian] population; Moravians renewing their mission to the Calmucks
John Paterson, St Petersburg - strengthening contacts with Russian Bible Society and commending mission to Irkutsk; exchange of testaments in various languages with Russian Bible Society; publication of LMS reports in various European countries
extract of the journal of Moravian missionaries Schill, Huebner and Loos, 1815-16, forwarded by John Paterson and Robert Pinkerton
Joint letter from John Paterson and Ebenezer Henderson, St Petersburg - welcoming news of the coming of missionaries in 1817
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