Delegates Committee,1849-52

Minutes and correspondence of the Delegates Committee who met in Shanghai and revised the protestant translation of the Bible into Chinese in response to a letter of 30 November 1848 from the British & Foreign Bible Society. Includes minutes of meetings and registers of the work of the committee...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Central China/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Date(s) of creation: 4 Apr 1849 - 1 Nov 1852
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Central China/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Summary: Minutes and correspondence of the Delegates Committee who met in Shanghai and revised the protestant translation of the Bible into Chinese in response to a letter of 30 November 1848 from the British & Foreign Bible Society. Includes minutes of meetings and registers of the work of the committee 4 April 1849-1 November 1852 also letters from:- unsigned and undated - 24 page letter to Revd Dr Boone [Bishop William J Boone] 6 Feb 1850 - Elijah Bridgman to Walter Medhurst, John Stronach and William Milne 23 Feb 1850 - Bishop William Boone and Elijah Bridgman to Walter Medhurst, John Stronach and William Milne copy of letter from the Committee to the Directors of the British & Foreign Bible Society (?1850)
Extent: 5 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 4
Finding aids: There is a pencilled reference these extra documents in the list of Incoming Correspondence for Central China, 1843-1866 (list G5), available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.
Format: Archive