Russia,1825
includes letters from: Richard Knill, St Petersburg - Cornelius Rahmn's services for Swedes banned, went house-to-house at first, then left Russia; Richard Knill's church grew; his child died. Cornelius Rahmn, St Petersburg - system of general persecution prevents all meetings, offers to serve elsew...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Russia/Incoming correspondence/Box 2 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
15 Feb - 3 Dec 1825 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Russia/Incoming correspondence/Box 2 |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
Richard Knill, St Petersburg - Cornelius Rahmn's services for Swedes banned, went house-to-house at first, then left Russia; Richard Knill's church grew; his child died.
Cornelius Rahmn, St Petersburg - system of general persecution prevents all meetings, offers to serve elsewhere
John Paterson, St Petersburg - Scottish mission at Astrakhan closed; printing restrictions
William Swan, Ona - work unmolested; schools planned; lamas winning converts from shamanism; Edward Stallybrass's interview with governor general at Irkutsk [Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky]
Edward Stallybrass, Selenginsk - Christian marriage ceremony for 2 Buryats; translations; difficulties
joint letters from Edward Stallybrass, William Swan and Robert Yuille, Selenginsk - requesting transfer printer Mitchell (Scottish mission) to Siberia
Robert Yuille, Selenginsk - a sermon; epidemics; deaths of 3 children; birth of his son |
| Extent: |
15 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 1, Jackets A and B |
| 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. |
| Format: | Archive |