Russia,1821

includes letters from: Richard Knill, St Petersburg - money-raising for LMS in St Petersburg; success at his church; Tract Society activities; rescue work and mission to ships in port; official appointment as mission by Scottish Missionary Society; copy of letter from General B Papof [Popov]; Tsar's...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/07/02/07/007 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/Russia/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 4 Jan - 23 Dec 1821
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.07.02.07.007
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Russia/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
callnumber CWM/LMS/07/02/07/007
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/07/02/07/007
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/07/02/07/007
prefix_number 007
title Russia,1821
scb_date_creation 4 Jan - 23 Dec 1821
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 17 items
format Archive
description includes letters from: Richard Knill, St Petersburg - money-raising for LMS in St Petersburg; success at his church; Tract Society activities; rescue work and mission to ships in port; official appointment as mission by Scottish Missionary Society; copy of letter from General B Papof [Popov]; Tsar's encouragement to Christian sultan; charity school opened; church activities; specific contribution for teacher in India joint letters from John Paterson and Ebenezer Henderson, Novgorod and Tiflis [Tbilisi] - Pauls speech at Athens (Acts 17:22-31) as tract; preparing type fonts in Calmuc [Kalmyk] and Mongolian ready for New Testament; their itinerary to Persia [Iran] and return; visit to Sarepta, Rahmn's work, colleague needed Cornelius Rahmn, Sarepta - Moravian succeses among Coshote Horde; describes first Christian funeral there; geographical positions of Coshote [Khoshut], Torgut [Torghut] and Dorbet [Dörbet] Hordes; working on Calmuck [Kalmyk] grammar; starting to study Tibetan language; priests discussing gospels; some Dorbet friends; children deserted his school Robert Yuille, Selenginsk - building house William Swan, Selenginsk - growing interest of lamas; Mongolian and Manchurian lexicons [dictionaries] from Peking [Beijing]
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 5, Jackets A and B
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.
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0007.0002.0007.00007

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