South China,1851

includes letters from: Dr Benjamin Hobson, Canton [Guangzhou] - report of Canton mission, with statistics of medical cases and church attendance; church order; death of Charles Gutzlaff; end-year report Chinese tract 'Believe the Saved' Dr Henri Hirschberg, Hong Kong - itinerating among Jews; hope...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/South China/Incoming correspondence/Box 5
Date(s) of creation: 28 Jan - 29 Dec 1851
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/South China/Incoming correspondence/Box 5
Summary: includes letters from: Dr Benjamin Hobson, Canton [Guangzhou] - report of Canton mission, with statistics of medical cases and church attendance; church order; death of Charles Gutzlaff; end-year report Chinese tract 'Believe the Saved' Dr Henri Hirschberg, Hong Kong - itinerating among Jews; hope of Miss Mary White [later Mrs Hirschberg] coming; requests vaccine Charles Gutzlaff, Hong Kong - printed letter, January 1851, defending his conduct of Chinese [Christian] Union James Legge, Hong Kong - Charles Gutzlaff and the Chinese Christian Union (copy of Gutzlaff's printed letter of January 1851); printing of New Testament and word used for God; tracts and suggested periodical; Union Chapel; term for 'God' in Bible; a fire and its result Bishop of Victoria (Hong Kong) [George Smith] - extract of letter to British & Foreign Bible Society re term to be used for 'God'
Extent: 19 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 2, Jackets A and 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