Russia,additional
includes letters from: Richard Knill, Highfield, Sheffield, 10 Aug 1820, to Catherine Read, Wincobank, Sheffield, acknolwedging missionary atlas made by her and entrusted to him by George Bennet William Swan, Ona, 15 April 1827, to Mrs W Rawson, Winco Bank, Sheffield Richard Knill, St Petersburg, 9...
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CWM/LMS/Russia/Incoming correspondence/Box 3 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
10 Aug 1820 - 12 Jan 1838 |
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File |
| Format: | Archive |
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SOAS Archive |
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CWM.LMS.07.02.07.035 |
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archive |
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Archive & Special Collections |
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Archive & Special Collections |
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Reference only |
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CWM/LMS/Russia/Incoming correspondence/Box 3 |
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CWM/LMS/07/02/07/035 |
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CWM/LMS/07/02/07/035 |
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CWM/LMS/07/02/07/035 |
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035 |
| title |
Russia,additional |
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10 Aug 1820 - 12 Jan 1838 |
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File |
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7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File |
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14 items |
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Archive |
| description |
includes letters from:
Richard Knill, Highfield, Sheffield, 10 Aug 1820, to Catherine Read, Wincobank, Sheffield, acknolwedging missionary atlas made by her and entrusted to him by George Bennet
William Swan, Ona, 15 April 1827, to Mrs W Rawson, Winco Bank, Sheffield
Richard Knill, St Petersburg, 9 May 1829,to Catherine Read, Winco Bank, Sheffield - George Bennet has lost the sight of one eye and is deaf 'for the sake of Christ and his cause'; accepts offer of another atlas; John Venning bringing letter; circulation of Scripture in 9 languages
William Swan, in England, 1831, to Christian friends in an around Sheffield - appreciated time spent among them, first area visited after 13 years out of the country; had been circumspect in what he said before meeting LMS directors; hoped to be allowed to come back; brought Old Testament in Mongolian with him. See Evangelical Magazine 1831, p372
Mrs Swan [née Hannah Culllen], St Petersburg, 13 Sep 1833, to Mrs Rawson Winco Bank Hall, Sheffield
translation of letters from Mongolian converts (Shagdur and Tekshi), 28 Jan 1835, to Edward Stallybrasss
2 copies of a letter, summer 1835, from Shagdur, first convert to Christianity from among the Buriat [Buryat] Tartars in Siberia to Mrs J Cullen, Leith, mother of Mrs Swan [née Hannah Culllen], missionary in Siberia
Edward Stallybrass, 19 Sep, 1835, to Mrs W Rawson, London
Edward Stallybrass, Irkutsk, 13 Oct 1836, to Archibald Merrielees - travelling to and across Lake Baikal
Richard Knill, Mission House, London, 31 Mar 1837, to Mr Read, Attercliffe (Sheffield) - on John Crosbie Brown's return from Sheffield missionary meetings he learned of Mr Read's illness, gives spiritual comfort
Mrs Swan [née Hannah Culllen], St Petersburg, 9 Jun 1837, to Miss Spurr, Holly Bank, Sheffield
copy of letter (in French) from Frederic Joseph Haas, Moscow, 11 Sep 1837, to Archibald Merrielees
Richard Knill, Huddersfield, 12 Jan 1838, to Mr Read, Attercliffe (Sheffield) |
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kept until 2006 in an envelope 'Letters, St Petersburg & Siberia' at bottom of box 3, hitherto uncatalogued |
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Open |
| language |
English |
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English |
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Folder 3, Jacket D |
| scb_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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CWM |
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CWM.00LMS.0007.0002.0007.00035 |