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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/B/OMS/C CH O62
TitleMcClatchie, Rev. Thomas
Extent203 docs.
Date1844-1879
DescriptionSecretary of China Mission 1874-1879; Shanghai 1845-1853, 1863-1865, 1870-1879; Peking 1864-1865; Hankow 1865-1866, 1879-1880 [Consular Chaplain, Hankow 1865-1870]
/1-162 & 176-182 Letters 1844-1853, 1863-1866, 1869-1879 including:
/3-10 [Tied together][NB /176-182 belong here];
/6B Copies of 2nd and 3rd Edicts of Chinese Government ordering toleration of Christianity 1846;
/7 Relates to Catholic missionaries' methods 1846;
/11 Includes translation of proclamation of Catholic Bishop of Shanghai against Protestant missionaries 1847;
/17-28 [Tied together];
/17 Minutes of first meeting of CMS missionaries to China 1848;
/20B Relates to land purchase difficulties; extracts from American and French treaties with China 1848;
/28A Includes correspondence with Shanghai Tract Committee relating to McClatchie's translation dispute with LMS missionaries 1848;
/28B Translation of tract 'The Fate of the Church' 1848;
/43 Relates to Dr. W. H. Medhurst [LMS] 1850;
/60D Specimen of proposed vocabulary of Shanghai dialect 1852;
/68 Relates to eclipse of sun and moon, and earthquake 1852;
/71 Relates to Taiping rebels 1853;
/76 Description of Shanghai and of European ill-treatment of Chinese 1863;
/77 Relates to sale of indecent stereoscopic slides 1864;
/78 Description of shipwreck 1864;
/98 Relates to Tientsin massacre 1870;
/99 Relates to cost of living in Shanghai 1870;
/131 Encloses plan of house 1875;
/150 Encloses extracts from letter by J. R. Wolfe relating to hire of lawyer in Foochow property case 1879;
/154 Encloses Mr. Robinson's bill for legal services in Foochow property case 1879;
/176-182 [Tied together] including:
/176 Report on Hong Kong and Canton 1845;
/179 Includes translation of Imperial Edict granting toleration of Christianity 1845;
/180B Description of Chinese tombs and rites 1845;
/181 Relates to eclipse of moon and Chinese religion 1845;

/163-175 Journal extracts including:
/163 Apr-Jun 1849;
/164-167 Jan-Aug 1850;
/168-169 Nov 1850 - Sep 1851;
/170 Dec 1851 - Jan 1852;
/171 From journal of Sawo seen-sang, McClatchie's sexton, circa Mar-May 1852;
/172 May 1852;
/173 Aug 1852, enclosing extracts from Sawo seen-sang's journal circa Jul-Aug 1852;
/174-175 Dec 1852 - Feb 1853;

/183 Notes on religious views of the Chinese, including Chinese myth of creation 1851;
/184-193 Annual letters 1870-1879;
/194 Address to McClatchie by Committee of Trinity College Dublin Church Missionary Association 1844;
/195 Receipt from Dr. W. Lockhart, Shanghai 1849;
/196 Letter from Mrs. Mary A. Russell relating to homeopathic medicine 1876;
/197 Medical certificate given by Dr. W. Lockhart 1853;
/198 List of books required [1852?];
/199 Newspaper article 'Buddha's Footprint' by McClatchie 1871;
/200 Newspaper article 'The Worship of the Dragon and Serpent' by McClatchie 1872;
/201 Newspaper review of 'Confucian Cosmogony' by McClatchie 1875;
/202 Newspaper review of translation of the 'Confucian Yih-king', by McClatchie 1876;
/203 Newspaper article 'Chinese Cosmogony' by McClatchie [nd]
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