Home correspondence file 1843 Jan-Jun

Majority of correspondence (where addresses are extant) was sent to Centenary Hall and Mission House in Bishopsgate, London. A few letters are incomplete. Correspondents include John Beecham, Elijah Hoole, Joseph Entwisle, W Croggan, Richard Reece and Richard Hornabrook. Items 1 & 2 are newspape...

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Order number: MMS/Home & General/Correspondence/Home/FBN 6
Date(s) of creation: 5 Jan 1843-26 Jun 1843
Level: File
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Order number: MMS/Home & General/Correspondence/Home/FBN 6
Summary: Majority of correspondence (where addresses are extant) was sent to Centenary Hall and Mission House in Bishopsgate, London. A few letters are incomplete. Correspondents include John Beecham, Elijah Hoole, Joseph Entwisle, W Croggan, Richard Reece and Richard Hornabrook. Items 1 & 2 are newspaper cutting and notes, probably compiled by Rev John Beecham, relating to the Education and Factories Bill, cMarch 1843. Item 3 is a printed petition by the Baptist Missionary Society against the cultivation of Opium in India. Item 94 is a printed circular announcing and then reporting on a meeting of the 'General Anti-slavery Convention' by J Scobie & W Allen, 23 March 1843. Item 104 - J Pegg's letter (30 March 1843) is written on a printed letter entitled 'British Connexion with idolatry in the island of Ceylon'. Item 114 is a printed letter from T Smith of the Metropolitan Tradesman and Operatives' Protestant Association on the 'alarming advance of Popery'.
Extent: 156 items
Access status: Open
Access conditions: Only to be viewed on microfiche
Copyright: Copyright mainly held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
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Language: English
Format: Archive