Hillier, Eliza (Papers)

Letters of the Eliza Mary Hillier (née Medhurst) and close family, 1846-1856; along with word-processed transcripts of this correspondence and notes compiled by Andrew Hillier in 2012.


Date(s) of creation: 1846-2012
Level: Sub-collection
Format: Archive           
Main author: Hillier; Eliza Mary (1828-1886); née Medhurst

Summary: Letters of the Eliza Mary Hillier (née Medhurst) and close family, 1846-1856; along with word-processed transcripts of this correspondence and notes compiled by Andrew Hillier in 2012.
Main author: Hillier; Eliza Mary (1828-1886); née Medhurst
Extent: 1 box
Admin history: Eliza Mary Medhurst (afterwards Hillier) was born on 24th July 1828 in Parrapattan, Batavia, Java [Indonesia]. She was the third surviving child of the London Missionary Society (LMS) missionary Walter Henry Medhurst D.D. (1796-1857) and Elizabeth Medhurst (née Braune; 1794-1874). In 1844, Eliza Medhurst and her family moved from Java to Shanghai, following the appointment of her father to a LMS mission station in that city. On 28th May 1846, Eliza Medhurst married Charles Batten Hillier, an Assistant Magistrate in the British territory of H ... View more
Acquisition: Deposited at SOAS Library in February 2012 by Andrew Hillier, great-great grandson of Eliza Medhurst.
Arrangement: Divided into two series: 'Correspondence' and 'Transcripts'.
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by Andrew Hillier
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Format: Archive