North China,1878

includes letters from:- joint letter from George Owen and James Gilmour, Peking - describe visit to Chanhua district, NW Shantung [Shandong] James Gilmour, Peking and Kalgan [Zhangjiakou] - should leave above NW Shantung area in hands of Methodist New Connexion; trip into Mongolia Samuel Meech, Peki...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/North China/Incoming correspondence/Box 3
Date(s) of creation: 3 Jan - 13 Dec 1878
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/North China/Incoming correspondence/Box 3
Summary: includes letters from:- joint letter from George Owen and James Gilmour, Peking - describe visit to Chanhua district, NW Shantung [Shandong] James Gilmour, Peking and Kalgan [Zhangjiakou] - should leave above NW Shantung area in hands of Methodist New Connexion; trip into Mongolia Samuel Meech, Peking and Tientsin - accounts; fears too many baptised during famine relief; district committee and annual meeting minutes; common standard on baptismal practice Joseph Edkins, Shangtung [Shandong] and Peking- plea for women missionaries or further reinforcement Jonathan Lees, Tientsin - continued famine and sickness; on relief work George Owen (acting secretary), Peking - death of John Barradale and others from typhus; minutes, need of girls school Dr John Dudgeon, Peking - hospital and preaching work
Extent: 20 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 2
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