Letters from other correspondents

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1843-1868
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Letters to Mary Rebecca Hobson from other correspondents including William C. Milne (1815-1865) missionary in China 1837-1852; John Chalmers (1825-1899) missionary in Hong Kong with the L.M.S. 1852-59; Eliza Jane Bridgman, wife of Elijah Coleman Bridgman (1801-1861), missionary to the Chinese, responsible for the American Board of Commissioners for Mission's mission station in Canton in 1830; and Jane Wills.

1/1-3 William C. Milne. Victoria, Hong Kong, 7 Sept 1843; informing M. R. Hobson of the death of her brother John Robert Morrison, Sept 1843

2/1-2 Mrs J. W. Piercy, [wife of the Revd. George Piercy, missionary with the English Wesleyan Society in Hong Kong]? Macao, 3 March 1856. Endorsed 'Nov 3, 1856'

3 Mrs M. R. Pratt. Southwick, [Sunderland], 3 March 1856. Endorsed 'May 24, 1856'

4/1-2 Mrs Helen Chalmers, wife of John Chalmers. Hong Kong, 15 July 1856. Endorsed 'July 15, [1856]'

5 Mrs Helen Chalmers. 10 Aug 1856. Endorsed 'Aug 12, [1856]'

6/1-2 Mrs Helen Chalmers. Hong Kong, 21 Aug [1856]. Endorsed 'Aug 22, 1856'

7 Mr John Chalmers. Hong Kong, 28 March 1859. Endorsed 'May 24, 1859'

8/1-2 A. Fung to Nai-Nai [Mary Rebecca]. Hong Kong, 23 Feb 1857. Endorsed 'Feb 23, [1857]'

9/1-2 Mrs [C.] S. Godwin. Barnstable, [Devon], 21 March 1859. Endorsed 'April 5, 1859'

10 Mrs C. S. Godwin. Barnstable, [Devon], 11 May 1859. Endorsed 'May 12, 1859'

11/1-3 Mrs S. A. Bower. Abbey Wood, Kent, 14 Jan [1861]. Endorsed 'Jan 15, 1861'

12 Eliza Jane Bridgman. The Bank, Stroud, 16 March [1861]; written following the death of her husband

13/1-2 Jane Wills. [Clevedon], n.d. Endorsed 'April 1, 1856'

14 Jane Wills. [Clevedon], n.d. Endorsed 'May 28, 1859'; written on the return of Dr and Mrs Hobson to England from China

15 Jane Wills. N.d. Endorsed 'May 9, 1862'

16/1-4 Jane Wills. N.d. Endorsed 'July 23, 1862'

17 Jane Wills. Grove Villa, Clevedon, n.d. Endorsed 'July 1863'

18/1-2 Jane Wills. Saturday, n.d.

19 Louisa Parkes. Holly House, Ilfracombe, 31 Dec 1863. Endorsed 'New Year's Day 1864'

20 Clara Tanner. Barton Cliff, Lymington, Hants, 27 May 1868

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1843-1868

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20 items

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Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

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