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CWM/LMS/Europe.London Mission to Jews/Box 1
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| Summary: |
Papers comprise incoming correspondence, 1801-1810, relating to the London Mission to the Jews. Letters are mainly from the London area, kept in a chronological sequence, with a number of letters from Joseph Frey and some outgoing letters and notes or drafts for letters by George Burder, secretary of the LMS, David Langton (another official) and Mary Dunkin who chaired the Ladies Committee. Letters from outside London include one from Samuel Greatheed, a LMS director in North Buckinghamshire and Greville Ewing, of Glasgow, whose Essays addressed to Jews continued the literary campaign which had mainly been waged through freely distributed tracts.
In addition to correspondence, there is a small collection of minutes, papers (kept in date sequence as far as this is detectable) and printed publications. These include notes and minutes of the Committee for the Jews; reports of the Jewish Auxiliary Committee, formed in 1807 'for the purpose of assisting Mr Frey in the Objects of the Jewish Mission'; Frey's proposals and rules re a free school for Jewish children; resolutions of the LMS Directors relating to the London Mission to the Jews, 1809, and an Address from the Committee of the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews, formed in March 1809.
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1 box
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| Admin history: |
The LMS London Mission to the Jews operated only from 1805 and lost momentum after 1809 when Joseph Frey, who had been its chief motivator and missionary, transferred to the London Society for the Promotion of Christianity amongst the Jews. Joseph Samuel Christian Frederic Frey, born in Germany in 1771 lectured and preached in London chapels, without much success. He favoured securing converts employment with Christian employers, ran a free school and wished to offer apprenticeships for their children. The LMS’s Committee of Examination considered requests for financial assistance to converted Jews and received Frey’s proposals for a more ambitious programme but the LMS directors declined to adopt his scheme to run a separately funded mission to Jews. The mission activity mainly took place in London where the largest Jewish population in Great Britain was to be found; Joseph Frey also travelled to Scotland. Thomas Helmore also took part in mission to Jews. |
The LMS London Mission to the Jews operated only from 1805 and lost momentum after 1809 when Joseph Frey, who had been its chief motivator and missionary, transferred to the London Society for the Promotion of Christianity amongst the Jews. Joseph Samuel Christian Frederic Frey, born in Germany in 1771 lectured and preached in London chapels, without much success. He favoured securing converts employment with Christian employers, ran a free school and wished to offer apprenticeships for their children. The LMS’s Committee of Examination consi ... View more |
| Access status: |
Open
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| Language: |
English
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| Finding aids: |
A detailed list is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library, which covers correspondence and ancillary papers of the London Missionary Society's Mission to Jews.
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| Related material: |
The archives of The Church's Ministry Among Jewish People [formerly known as The Churches Ministry to Jewish People, Church Mission to the Jews, and in 1809 as the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews] are to be found among the Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. |
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Archive
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