Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence, sermons, essays and accounts of Robert Nelson, Protestant Episcopal missionary to Shanghai, China. The collection Includes two account books, a lettercopy book, and articles written by Nelson as well as two manuscript Chinese-English dictionaries compiled by Nelson. Some items, such as a "Count of Missionaries and Staff in China, 1807-1874" illuminate the history of missionaries in China. There is one letter written to Nelson in which the writer has used Wade-Giles...

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Scope and Contents Letterpress copybook of Rev. Robert Nelson while he was a missionary to China.  Copybook includes letters, reports, accounts, writings relating to the China Mission, and religious subjects.  The last page includes a "letterpress copy" of a note from XYZ wanting an example of his copying experiment.  Page numbers begin on page 104 and ends with 502.  11" x 9 1/4".  Fragile binding with tissue paper inside.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Handwritten dictionary with chinese characters, English translation, and phonetic pronunciation. It is in alphabetical order by the English spelling of the words. Some pages have handwritten vocabulary notes. Other topics such as "List of Malay Books in the possession of A. North Esq and Rev. J.S. Havelli at Singapore" appear on otherpages. The book is a blank page book entitled "A Theological Common-place Book, with a Copious Index" published by Hilliard and Brown,...

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Handwritten dictionary of English words with corresponding Chinese characters and translation into Chinese, often including more than one way to express a word. In alphabetical order by the English words. Per a loose note in the book, it was probably written and used by Rev. Robert Nelson. Loose binding. 437 pages.