Central China,1857

includes letters from:- William Muirhead, Shanghai - war with British in Canton, quiet in Shanghai; state of Christian Church; mistake to defer baptism; news of Walter Medhurst's death; half-yearly report joint letter by Alexander Williamson and Joseph Edkins, Shanghai - half-yearly report Dr Benjam...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Central China/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Date(s) of creation: 7 Jan - 7 Dec 1857
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Central China/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Summary: includes letters from:- William Muirhead, Shanghai - war with British in Canton, quiet in Shanghai; state of Christian Church; mistake to defer baptism; news of Walter Medhurst's death; half-yearly report joint letter by Alexander Williamson and Joseph Edkins, Shanghai - half-yearly report Dr Benjamin Hobson, Shanghai Alexander Wylie, Shanghai - printing press work; journey into interior Dr Dr William Lockhart, Shanghai Joseph Edkins, Sung Kiang [Songjiang] - journeys to Hang-chow [Hangzhou] House from Sung Kiang, to Soochow [Suzhou] Alexander Williamson, Shanghai - ordered by British consul to leave house in Sung Kiang [Songjiang] Griffith John, Shanghai Translation of souvenir presented to Dr Dr William Lockhart on leaving Mary Ann Aldersey, Ningpo [Ningbo] - report of school and other Christian activities; union of American Presbyterian school with hers
Extent: 16 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 1, Jacket C and D
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