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...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/North China/Incoming correspondence/Box 3
Date(s) of creation: 27 Jan - 28 Dec 1877
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.18.02.018
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/North China/Incoming correspondence/Box 3
callnumber CWM/LMS/18/02/018
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/18/02/018
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/18/02/018
prefix_number 018
title North China,1877
scb_date_creation 27 Jan - 28 Dec 1877
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 20 items
format Archive
description 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
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 1
scb_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.
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0018.0002.00018