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includes letters from:
John Crombie Brown, St Petersburg - governor general of Siberia orders missionaries may remain but converts must be baptised by Russian priests; Basel mission and Scottish work at Karass suppressed (copies of orders enclosed); Brown ordained while Edward Stallybrass in St Petersburg
William Swan, Khodon (to Edward Stallybrass) - censor's alterations to Genesis; letter from Robert Yuille enclosed
Edward Stallybrass, St Petersburg and Cronstadt [Kronstadt] - deputation work in Moscow; met Metropolitan [Filaret]; baptism question; Synod refuses permission to baptize; his engagement to Miss Charlotte Ellah; his 2 sons going to Silcoates School [Yorkshire, England]; case of Robert Yuille as presented to LMS Eastern Committee; induction of John Crombie Brown at St Petersburg, failing his appointment to Siberia
Robert Yuille, Selenginsk - upholding his conduct, especially re baptism
William Swan, Khodon - letter to Edward Stallybrass; printing press moved to Khodon;convert's evangelistic tour; first Buryat martyr; discusses Synod's decision over baptism and question whether to quit; translation of Shagdor's letter; postscript by John Crombie Brown, St Petersburg - is he to go to Siberia or be successor to Richard Knill in St Petersburg?
Shagdor, Knodon - his first evangelistic tour
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