Russia,1823

includes letters from: Richard Knill, St Petersburg - his marriage [to Sarah Notman]; church progress; press and paper sent to Selenginsk; further gift for Selenginsk from Tsar; need of church building; first Persian [Iranian] convert at Astrachan [Astrakhan] Scottish Mission; first baptism in Crime...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/07/02/07/009 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/Russia/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 17 Jan - 4 Dec 1823
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.07.02.07.009
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/07/02/07/009
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/07/02/07/009
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/07/02/07/009
prefix_number 009
title Russia,1823
scb_date_creation 17 Jan - 4 Dec 1823
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 16 items
format Archive
description includes letters from: Richard Knill, St Petersburg - his marriage [to Sarah Notman]; church progress; press and paper sent to Selenginsk; further gift for Selenginsk from Tsar; need of church building; first Persian [Iranian] convert at Astrachan [Astrakhan] Scottish Mission; first baptism in Crimea; Cornelius Rahmn leaving Sarepta; plea to English dissenters for money for church building; Kopeck Society started works among young people and German colonists; story of a young Tartar woman; requests pastoral help for British in Moscow Cornelius Rahmn, Sarepta and St Petersburg - Moravian mission; baptism and the government (refers to Ukases of 1724 and 1746); impossible to remain as missionary in Sarepta David Dickson, Edinburgh - Scottish missions in Russia not yet affected; memo to Prince Galitzin [Golytzin]; circulating Scriptures John Paterson, Cheltenham [England] - suggesting where Rahmn might go after Sarepta William Swan, country of Chorin [Khori] Buriats - lodging found; annual fur and cattle fair; Catholic and Greek Orthodox priests obstacles to his intended mission; new chief Taisha; postscript written from Selenginsk Robert Yuille, Selenginsk - his way of dealing with crimes; young Buryat living/studying with him; postscript by Richard Knill, St Petersburg Edward Stallybrass, Selenginsk - requests books on surgery; first service in Buriat language; young men being taught; Mrs Stallybrass [née Sarah Robinson] teaching children joint letter from Edward Stallybrass and Mrs Stallybrass [née Sarah Robinson], Selenginsk - translations of Old and New Testaments; deaths of Robert Yuille's son and of her father joint letters from Edward Stallybrass, Robert Yuille and William Swan, Selenginsk - difficulties of education work; Sunday services; Mrs Yuille [née Martha Cowie] teaching young Buriat; reply to LMS directors re vernacular schools and traning local workers
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 6, 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.0007.0002.0007.00009

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