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...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Central China/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 3 Jan - 29 Nov 1853
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.17.02.011
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/17/02/011
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/17/02/011
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/17/02/011
prefix_number 011
title Central China,1853
scb_date_creation 3 Jan - 29 Nov 1853
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 3 items
format Archive
description 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
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 4, Jackets A and B
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.0017.0002.00011