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Miscellaneous letters and papers of, and relating to, the Revd. Robert Morrison, including a sketch of Morrison's life by the Revd. Thomas Binney. 1807-1908.
1 Certificate of ordination to the ministry of the Revd. Robert Morrison at the Scots' Church, Swallow Street, Westminster, 8 Jan 1807.
 Signed by Alexander Waugh (1754-1827), Scottish Congregationalist minister; William Nicol of Swallow Street; George Burder (1752-1832), Congregationalist theologian, a founder of the London Missionary Society; John Townsend (1757- 1826), who assisted in founding the London Missionary Society; Charles Back (1771-1815), Congregationalist minister.
2 Hugh Hamilton Lindsay (1802-1881), author of works on China, 1836-40, and M.P. 1841-47, to the Revd. Robert Morrison. Macao, 22 June 1833. With a copy of a letter from Joao Cabal de Estifique, Governor of Macao, to William Henry Chichelle Plowden, President of the British Factory in China and Superintendent of British trade there in 1833, prohibiting the use of a printing press at the home of the Revd. Robert Morrison. 21 June 1833.
3/1-2 Copy of a letter from the Revd. R. Morrison to W. H. C. Plowden, President, and the Select Committee, requesting permission to remain in Macao through ill health. Macao, [30 Sept 1833]. With a copy of the Select Committee's reply. Macao, 1 Oct 1833.
4/1-7 Sketch of the life of the Revd. Dr. R. Morrison, read by the Revd. Thomas Binney (1798-1874) to his congregation at the Weigh House Chapel, Marylebone. 8 Feb 1835; also read by clergymen at other locations as listed. 7ff.
5/1-2 Letter from the Revd. R. Morrison to his son, by his second marriage, Martin Crofton Morrison. n.d. Endorsed 'Dada 183-'. With a note on the letter by [A. Hobson?].
6/1-7 Newspaper cuttings concerning the Revd. Robert Morrison, mainly in connection with celebrations of the centenary of Protestant missionary work in China. [1908] and n.d. Enclosed in an envelope addressed to Mrs Sparks, Hawthorns, Alperton Park, Wembley. Endorsed 'Re. Dr. Morrison'

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