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includes letters from:
Dr William Lockhart, Hong Kong and Chusan [Zhoushan] - new hospital at Hong Kong; work at Tinghae [Dinghai]; Dr Benjamin Hobson moved to Hong Kong; future work and allocation of missionaries
William Charles Milne, Ningpo [Ningbo]
Vincent Stanton, London
George Lay, Macau (to Horatio Hardy, the Jerusalem, London) - towards founding a Philanthropic Medical Society
James Legge, Hong Kong
China Missionaries, Macau - semi-annual report
Printed government notification (Sir Henry Pottinger/Charles Stewart) of death of John Robert Morrison, forwarded by William Milne, Macau and Victoria (Hong Kong) - refuses job as government interpreter
joint letter from Walter Medhurst and William Milne, Manilla [Manila, Philippines]
Walter Medhurst, Hong Kong - compiled dictionary; library lost in disastrous flood at Tinghae [Dinghai]
Hong Kong - printed minutes of missionaries of different societies re revision of Scriptures in Chinese
Dr Benjamin Hobson, Hong Kong - ground plan of mission premises, Hong Kong; difficulty of housing new missionaries; nothing done to stop opium traffic; formal opening of hospital
Elijah Bridgman, Macau (printed), with letter from Benjamin Hobson
Missionaries at Hong Kong (2 documents) - letter to governor re grant of land for Anglo-Chinese College building; reply with proposals and objections
Samuel Dyer (secretary), Re Society's stations in Batavia and Straits. Establishment of Anglo-Chinese College at Hong Kong. Reports in detail on the results of a 'Conference of the brethren... held in Hong Kong in compliance with the wishes of the Directors expressed in a letter of December 31st 1842' [Conference of Missionaries, Hong Kong, August 1843, which was followed by a general Convention of Missionaries, Hong Kong, 22 August-4 September 1843, attended by Dyer, Medhurst, Hobson, Legge, Alexander and John Stronach, Milne and J. R. Morrison]
Sir Henry Pottinger (governor, Hong Kong)
Samuel Dyer and other missionaries, Hong Kong - joy at news of peace treaty, disappointment at governor's letter
joint letters of Alexander and John Stronach, Hong Kong - Chinese Scriptures need revision
James Legge and Dr Benjamin Hobson, Hong Kong - death of Samuel Dyer
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