"Documents from Hebich’s office"

Probably the remains of a file like C-5-4.7, about 5 cm thick. The cover is lost, however, and the binding has separated into sub-units, and has lost much of its original [chronological] order, though the dates given above seem correct. Moderate to severe damage, not least many cases where the ink has spread so that legibility has been almost totally lost, and indeed where the ink has severely damaged the paper. A collection of letters from the office of Samuel Hebich, perhaps 50% sent from within India. There is a MS index at the front (divided into "stations", "themes" and "brethren") but it is not clear how much of the file this covers. Note a copy of a printed circular dated 15th Nov. 1855, signed Adolf Christ and J. Josenhans, announcing that C. Young is no longer the agent of the Basel Mission in London, but that this responsibility has been assigned to Rodolf Linder, who is a partner in the House of William Mallalieu, 97 Hatton Gardens.

1853

1864

1853-1864

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