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XCMS - Church Mission Society archive - 1799-2009
G - General Secretary's Department - 1799-1966
A - Administration - 1799-1955
C - Correspondence - 1799-1949
14 - Incoming correspondence from missionary societies in Europe and North America 1820-1866 - 1820-1866
14A - Evangelical Missionary Society, Basel (originally 'German Missionary Society', later 'Basel Mission', now 'mission21') - 1820-1850
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Item
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CMS/G/AC 14A/25
Title
Letter from Reverend Theophilus Blumhardt, Basel
Extent
1 item
Date
1824
Description
Dated 30 March. Extract of letter to Dr Steinkopf [sent by Steinkopf to Pratt with covering note 10 April 1824]: has received Pratt's suggestion that CMS should assign separate stations to their English and German missionaries but 'our Society, without committing as it were an act of suicide, cannot abruptly alter the whole plan adopted for the conduct of its Missionary Seminary'; explains that in 1822 it was decided to have a regular plan of education for four years and that additional staff etc were employed for this; gives details of objections.
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