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includes letters from:
Richard Knill, St Petersburg - special contributions for India; new church members; Persian [Iranian] converts; supporters for Indian Readers listed; donations for widow of John Smith (Demerara) sent from St Petersburg congregation; birth of daughter; change of attitude from Church of England chaplain, and from his adherents towards the charity school; Prince [Alexander] Galitzin no longer Minister of Spiritual Affairs and Public Schools; storm of opposition to missionaries; Stepney Chapel at Selenginsk opened; General Papof [Popov] in prison; St Petersburg flooded by overflowing river Neva; planned deputation work; evangelists for German colonists; flood relief
John Paterson, St Petersburg
Edward Stallybrass, Selenginsk - young men boarders being taught, Robert Yuille's work with them; chapel building, smallpox; appeal for 'Stepney Meeting House'; translations; Sunday services; potential impact on their mission of political fall of Prince [Alexander] Galitzin [Golytsin] and General Papof
joint letters from Robert Yuille, Edward Stallybrass and William Swan, Selenginsk - memo re establishing a seminary; John Paterson in Russia, new ruling re Scripture distribution, suggest joint action by LMS and Scottish mission
Robert Yuille, Selenginsk
William Swan, Selenginsk
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