Fukien [Fujian] Incoming Correspondence

Incoming correspondence from missionaries in the province of Fukien [Fujian] to the London Missionary Society headquarters. Letters from Fukien district, 1845 to 1871, mainly emanate from Amoy [Xiamen] but display gradual expansion of the mission into rural areas and other towns, notably Changchow...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/16/02/02 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/Fukien/Incoming correspondence/Box…etc. 1845-1871 Box 1* 1872-1884 Box 2 1885-1888 Box 3 1889-1892 Box 4 1893-1896 Box 5 1897-1900 Box 6 1901-1903 Box 7 1904-1907 Box 8 1908-1909 Box 9 1910-1912 Box 10 1913-1915 Box 11 1916-1919 Box 12 1920-1923 Box 13 1924-1927 Box 14
Date(s) of creation: 1845-1927
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/AA00001359/00012

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recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Fukien/Incoming correspondence/Box…etc. 1845-1871 Box 1* 1872-1884 Box 2 1885-1888 Box 3 1889-1892 Box 4 1893-1896 Box 5 1897-1900 Box 6 1901-1903 Box 7 1904-1907 Box 8 1908-1909 Box 9 1910-1912 Box 10 1913-1915 Box 11 1916-1919 Box 12 1920-1923 Box 13 1924-1927 Box 14
callnumber CWM/LMS/16/02/02
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/16/02/02
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/16/02/02
prefix_number 02
title Fukien [Fujian] Incoming Correspondence
scb_date_creation 1845-1927
scb_level Sub-series
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 14 boxes
format Archive
description Incoming correspondence from missionaries in the province of Fukien [Fujian] to the London Missionary Society headquarters. Letters from Fukien district, 1845 to 1871, mainly emanate from Amoy [Xiamen] but display gradual expansion of the mission into rural areas and other towns, notably Changchow [Zhangzhou]. Principal correspondents are the brothers Alexander and John Stronach, William and Olivia Young, John Macgowan, Dr Julius Hirschberg, who ran a hospital for the LMS from 1853 to 1860, and William Lea, who trained trained Chinese evangelists and moved to run the station at Foochow [Fuzhou] in 1863.
scb_arrangement Letters from Canton [Guangzhou], and Hong Kong are held in a separate sequence, identified as South China Incoming Correspondence.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_finding_aids A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for Fukien, 1845-1871 (G3), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. A digitised copy of this list is available on SOAS Digital Collections - URL link in this catalogue record.
scb_url https://digital.soas.ac.uk/AA00001359/00012
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0016.0002.0002

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