Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) A missionary from Fungwha gives an encouraging account of progress, after initial setbacks, and of making converts by preaching in temples. 2) The ignorance of Chinese custom shown by Swedish missionaries in Wuchang brings savage punishment of Chinese Christians by the local mandarin, a...

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Date(s) of creation: August 27, 1893
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id MS_381056.02.61
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber MS 381056/02/61
callnumber_txt MS 381056/02/61
callnumber-sort MS 381056/02/61
prefix_number 61
title Letter, Chefoo
scb_date_creation August 27, 1893
scb_level Item
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description Subjects: 1) A missionary from Fungwha gives an encouraging account of progress, after initial setbacks, and of making converts by preaching in temples. 2) The ignorance of Chinese custom shown by Swedish missionaries in Wuchang brings savage punishment of Chinese Christians by the local mandarin, and hints of what was to come.
scb_access_status Restrictions apply
scb_conditions_gov_access Users should consult transcript of item in first instance. Original item can only be consulted with written agreement of the Archivist. Please apply to special.collections@soas.ac.uk
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language English
language_search English
scb_copies Transcript available in J. D. Owen, J. Gullick & S. McClure (eds.), 'Married to a Missionary: Constance Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]
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hierarchy_sequence MS_381056.0002.0061