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Manuscript on Missionary Enterprise

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Identifier: MS MIS 1

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

Part of the New College Library Special Collections Repository

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