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includes letters from:
T S Ellerby, St Petersburg - taking over from John Crombie Brown; suppression of Siberian mission, Siberian property being sold; presentation of official letter to Count Strogonoff [Alexander Grigoriyevich Stroganov, minister of the interior]; missionaries leaving
Edward Stallybrass, Khodon - death of his wife [née Charlotte Ellah]; translation and printing of Isaiah; preparing version of New Testament, seeking permission to print it; paper en route held up (stock at Selenginsk not made available); letter to William Alers Hankey, Stepney; enclosed quick English translation of order suppressing mission
joint letters from Edward Stallybrass and William Swan, Khodon - baptism of converts: need LMS director's guidance; imperial mandate for suppression of mission leaves no option; no hope of printing New Testament; sale pf property; settling with Robert Yuille; tribute to John Abercrombie (printer)
William Swan, Ona - being denied right to baptize is a cloud over all their liberties, they cannot form a Buryat church; Mrs Swan [née Hannnah Cullen] translating catechism
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