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CWM/LMS/South China/Incoming correspondence/Box 5
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| Summary: |
includes letters from
Canton [Guangzhou] by:-
Dr Benjamin Hobson - medical work in Canton; Bethel opened in Wham Poa [Huangpu city, S Guangdong [Canton] province]; re theological training in Canton; resolution of general committee meeting in Canton; half-yearly report of Canton mission
James Legge - reasons for moving mission from Hong Kong to Canton
John Cleland - decision to resign and return to Britain
LMS, London - reply to letter re resignation of William Gillespie
Hong Kong by:-
joint letters of James Legge and Dr Henri Hirschberg - evangelistic work; difficulties re Chinese Christian Union; reports and accounts
James Legge - report of school and seminary; Chinese Christian Union; term for 'God' in Bible; converts described; salary reductions; printing New Testament at Shanghai; various missionaries
Dr Henri Hirschberg - report; itinerating and medical work among Jews
Mrs Legge [née Mary Isabella Morison] - work among girls in Malacca [Melaka] and girls' education in Hong Kong
William Gillespie - Chinese students being trained as preachers; his resignation
joint letter of James Legge, Dr Benjamin Hobson and William Gillespie - original intention of erection and use of Union Chapel
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| Extent: |
19 items
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| Access status: |
Open
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| Language: |
English
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| File number: |
Folder 1, Jackets C and D
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| 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.
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| Format: |
Archive
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