Manuscript on Missionary Enterprise
Scope and Contents
Manuscript volume, potentially intended for publication.
Titled 'Missionary enterprise: Conquering and to conquer". Dated March 1881.
Introduction: 6 unnumbered pages
Part 1: India
Chapter 1.1: India, page 1
Chapter 1.2: Western India or Bombay, page 30
Chapter 1.3: Madras, page 60
Chapter 1.4: Nagpore [Nagpur], page 70
Part 2: Africa, page 89
Part 3: Syria, page 120
Part 4: Melanesia, page 126
Conclusion: page 138
Emphasis on Free Church missions. 148 numbered pages, primarily in pen, but annotated with pencil in a second hand.
Pencil note on inside front board:
'Purchased from Peter Bell, February 1990, £24'
Dates
- Creation: 1881
Conditions Governing Access
Generally open for consultation to bona fide researchers at Centre for Research Collections, University of Edinburgh Main Library, George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LJ. Contact repository in advance: is-crc@ed.ac.uk
Full Extent
1 item
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS MIS 1
Physical Facet
Access to records in a fragile condition may be restricted.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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