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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/B/OMS/C J O 15/1-99
TitlePiper, Rev. John
Extent99 docs.
Date1874-1880
DescriptionMission secretary: Yedo [Tokyo], 1876-77; Tokyo, 1877-80
/1-90 Letters, mainly relating to official matters, some with newspaper cuttings 1874-80 including:
/9 Encloses letters from H. Burnside 1874,
/19 Encloses letters from H. Burnside including reference to Futagawa 1875;
/25 Encloses cuttings from 'Japan Gazette' reference to treaty revision 1875;
/29 Includes a copy of a letter from Bishop Burdon 1875;
/44B Account of a fire in Yedo [by Mrs Mary E. Piper: published in CM 'Gleaner' 1877][1876];
/50 Encloses newspaper cutting reference to death of Saigo 1877;
/89 Encloses a letter from J. Williams 1880;

/91-94 Annual letters for 1876-79;
/95 Account of journey from Yedo to Niigata and back April 1875;
/96 Medical certificate: Mrs Piper 1880;
/97-98 Letter to CMS from Consul Russell Robertson, chairman of Church Committee reference to Mr Piper's proposed appointment to Christ Church Yokohama; Letter of thanks to Piper and Fyson for services during vacancy 1875;
/99 Account of Emperor and Empress of Japan [published in CM 'Gleaner'] 1878
Access StatusOpen
URLhttp://www.researchsource.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/CMS_I_Part1_Reel8_Vol1

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