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CWM/LMS/Russia/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
Richard Knill, St Petersburg - money for Travancore chapel; extract from Robert Yuille's letter; Tsar Alexander [Aleksandr] I dead; school not to be mentioned in LMS annual report, empress [Tsarina] helping; Scottish missionaries leaving
joint letter from John Paterson and Richard Knill, St Petersburg - special contributions for India; request additional missionaries for South India
William Swan, Selenginsk
Edward Stallybrass, Selenginsk - Christian marriage ceremony for 2 Buryats; translations; difficulties; 2 Russian monks arrived; procured plough; son born; journey to Ona; number of lama temples growing; Bible in Buryat nearing completion
Robert Yuille, Kiachta [Kyakhta] - visits; illustrations of Boharian bows; requests Robert Morrison's Chinese lexicon
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| Extent: |
14 items
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| Access status: |
Open
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| Language: |
English
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| File number: |
Folder 1, Jackets C and D
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| 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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| Format: |
Archive
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