Central China,1853
includes letters from:- Joseph Edkins, Shanghai Walter Medhurst, Shanghai - controversy over New Testament translation; completion of Old Testament translation; news of insurrection [Taiping rebellion], they have part of revised Bible, synopsis of 5 of their pamphlets; half-yearly report; Fukien chu...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Central China/Incoming correspondence/Box 1 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
3 Jan - 29 Nov 1853 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Central China/Incoming correspondence/Box 1 |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:-
Joseph Edkins, Shanghai
Walter Medhurst, Shanghai - controversy over New Testament translation; completion of Old Testament translation; news of insurrection [Taiping rebellion], they have part of revised Bible, synopsis of 5 of their pamphlets; half-yearly report; Fukien church in Shanghai
William Milne, Shanghai - resolution of translation committee; British gunboat at Nanking [Nanjing] and Chungking [Chongquing]; religious tracts of rebels
William Muirhead, Shanghai - religious ideas of insurgents; journey into interior and to Buddhist monastery; half-yearly report
Mary Ann Aldersey, Ningpo [Ningbo] - school, individual pupils |
| Extent: |
3 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 4, Jackets A and B |
| 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. |
| Format: | Archive |