Central China,1850

includes letters from Shanghai by:- Dr William Lockhart John Stronach - staying for Old Testament translation William Milne - translation of parts of New Testament; half-yearly report; need for new Chapel & other Missions' Chapels** Walter Medhurst - site for new chapel bought (plan enclosed);...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/17/02/008 Restrictions

Order number: CWM/LMS/Central China/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 16 Jan - 20 Dec 1850
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.17.02.008
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Central China/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
callnumber CWM/LMS/17/02/008
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/17/02/008
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/17/02/008
prefix_number 008
title Central China,1850
scb_date_creation 16 Jan - 20 Dec 1850
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 29 items [& 5 oversize plans]
format Archive
description includes letters from Shanghai by:- Dr William Lockhart John Stronach - staying for Old Testament translation William Milne - translation of parts of New Testament; half-yearly report; need for new Chapel & other Missions' Chapels** Walter Medhurst - site for new chapel bought (plan enclosed); colporteur Wong-Shou-Yeh; requests advice (of Editorial Secretary, British & Foreign Bible Society) over term for 'God'. Completion and printing of New Testament (by British & Foreign Bible Society); need for revised Old Testament translation Correspondence between Walter Medhurst and bishop William Boone on correct translations of 'God' and 'Spirit' into Chinese language companion letters (friendly) from William Milne and Alexander Wylie Joseph Edkins - postscript by William Milne about his exclusion from translation committee; mission news and people William Muirhead, Shanghai - preaching and itinerating; methods of work Mary Ann Aldersey, Ningpo [Ningbo] - report of school ** Enclosed with William Milne's letter of 19 Jan 1850 are 5 plans of Shangai, now held separately as oversize items [Map Cabinet 1, drawer 7], including: Printed? 'Map of Native city of Shanghai' showing chapels, undated, Chinese with English annotations Printed? 'Map of Shanghai District' J. S., 1851, Chinese and English Hand-drawn plan of section of Shanghai next to Shoochow Creek, annotated, undated Hand-drawn 'Plan of ? of groud purchased for the new Chapel', undated Hand-drawn 'Map of that part of Shanghai occupied by the Foreign Community' / 'Map of Shanghae or the suburban lot occupied by foreigners, April 1849' - including key to names of businesses and indvidual residents of each property marked on the plan
scb_access_status Restrictions
scb_conditions_gov_access Plans of Shanghai removed for conservation work (28 February 2020)
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Fldr2,Jkt D&E & Fldr3, JktA
scb_finding_aids A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for Central China, 1843-1866 (list G5), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0017.0002.00008

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