South China,1805

Includes letters by: William Brown, Edinburgh - prefers India and China as mission stations; his work and health Robert Morrison, London - studying medicine; hopes he and William Brown may leave for China end 1806 or beginning of 1807; needs for entering China and approaching Chinese; Abbé Chaumont'...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/South China/Incoming correspondence/Box 1A
Date(s) of creation: 9 Aug - 27 Dec 1805
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/South China/Incoming correspondence/Box 1A
Summary: Includes letters by: William Brown, Edinburgh - prefers India and China as mission stations; his work and health Robert Morrison, London - studying medicine; hopes he and William Brown may leave for China end 1806 or beginning of 1807; needs for entering China and approaching Chinese; Abbé Chaumont's Lord's Prayer; wants to see Chinese dictionaries S Hollingsworth - gives Dr McKinnon's opinion of Macao-Canton [Macau-Guangzhou] as mission centres Alexander Waugh, London joint letter (? 1806) by Joseph Hardcastle and George Burder asking directors of East India Company to permit Robert Morrison to touch and reside at ports in their jurisdiction Minutes of Chinese Committee, 27 Nov and 4 Dec
Extent: 12 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: R Morrison Fldr 1, Jkts A & B
Finding aids: A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for South China, 1807-1872 (list G2), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.
Format: Archive