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           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.17.02.016
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 2
callnumber CWM/LMS/17/02/016
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/17/02/016
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/17/02/016
prefix_number 016
title Central China,1857
scb_date_creation 7 Jan - 7 Dec 1857
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 16 items
format Archive
description 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
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 1, Jacket C and D
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.0017.0002.00016