| collection |
SOAS Archive
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| id |
CWM.LMS.07.02.07.005
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| recordtype |
archive
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| scb_item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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| item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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| scb_loan_type |
Reference only
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| scb_order_with |
CWM/LMS/Russia/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
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| callnumber |
CWM/LMS/07/02/07/005
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| callnumber_txt |
CWM/LMS/07/02/07/005
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| callnumber-sort |
CWM/LMS/07/02/07/005
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| prefix_number |
005
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| title |
Russia,1819
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| scb_date_creation |
3 Feb - 31 Dec 1819
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| scb_level |
File
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| level_sort |
7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
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| scb_extent |
21 items
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| format |
Archive
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| description |
includes letters from:
William Swan, St Petersburg and Tobolsk - 2 Buriat [Buryat] Saisangs [Zaisangs] translating gospel in St Petersburg; requests another missionary; Edward Stallybrass at Selenginsk and Cornelius Rahmn at Sarepta, he plans journey to Irkutsk; extracts from journal of Moravian missionaries; leaving St Petersburg, Missionary Association formed there
John Paterson, St Petersburg - thanks from Herrnhut [Moravian headquarters] for LMS contribution to Calmuck [Kalmyk] mission; Cornelius Rahmn plans to leave Irkutsk, suggests transfer to Sarepta; Edward Stallybrass's letter to Prince Galitzin [Golytsin] shown to Tsar; request for hymn books; government approve Cornelius Rahmn being with Calmucks
George Burder, London - copy of letter which accompanied gift of David Bogue's sermons to Prince Galitzin
Robert Yuille, St Petersburg - first Sunday collection for LMS in St Petersburg
Cornelius Rahmn, Sarepta [in modern Volgograd] - learning Calmuck language [Kalmyk]; may he settle at Astrachan [Astrakhan]; postcript from Ebenezer Henderson, St Petersburg on mission opportunities at Astrachan
Edward Stallybrass, Irkutsk and Selenginsk - extracts from Captain Peter Gordon's letter; methods of tract and gospel distribution; illness of Mrs Rahmm; creating dictionary; sheets of gospel in Mongolian arriving; postscript by William Swan; tracts arrrived from St Petersburg; first horseback expedition into district; contribution from Stepney church, London; postscript by William Swan comments on Stallybrass's plan to move into country; reasons for Buriats' dispersed residence; conversations with lamas [Tibetan religious leaders]; a Buryat wedding; house being built; visit from Captain Peter Gordon; some medical work; change of Siberian Governor General [to Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky]
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| scb_access_status |
Open
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| language |
English
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| language_search |
English
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| scb_file_number |
Folder 3
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| scb_finding_aids |
A detailed list (List B1) is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library, which covers Incoming Correspondence for Russia, 1804-1848.
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| hierarchy_top_id_raw |
CWM
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| hierarchy_sequence |
CWM.00LMS.0007.0002.0007.00005
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