North China,1877
includes letters from:- Joseph Edkins, Peking [Beijing] and Shanghai - death of his wife [née Janet Wood White]; plea for teacher to continue her school James Gilmour, Peking - Mongolia tour, notes re AMCFM American missionaries and how Mongols read gospel; his tracts Samuel Meech, Peking - accounts...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/North China/Incoming correspondence/Box 3 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
27 Jan - 28 Dec 1877 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/North China/Incoming correspondence/Box 3 |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:-
Joseph Edkins, Peking [Beijing] and Shanghai - death of his wife [née Janet Wood White]; plea for teacher to continue her school
James Gilmour, Peking - Mongolia tour, notes re AMCFM American missionaries and how Mongols read gospel; his tracts
Samuel Meech, Peking - accounts; district committee minutes; first Chinese pastor elected and ordained (Ying Shao ku, a
Manchu); birth of Gilmours' son; purchase of land in West City, 2 houses built
Jonathan Lees, Tientsin - 1876 annual report; book extract and printed list showing LMS' position; description of journey to villages South of Tientsin; death of Mrs Barradale [née Emma Sadler]; support urged for Famine Relief Appeal
George Owen, Peking - work in villages SW of Pekingy of the iron tablet that brought rain
John Barradale, Tientsin - period in sole charge; progress of pastors Hsiang Kai Ming and Chang tau leu; plan of house |
| Extent: |
20 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 1 |
| Finding aids: |
A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for North China, 1860-1898 (list G4), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. |
| Format: | Archive |