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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)DA26/1/1/9
Title1908-1910 correspondence from Lilly and J. Preston Maxwell to J. Laidlaw Sr. and Mary Maxwell
Extent124 letters
Date1908-1910
DescriptionManuscript and typescript letters from Lilly Maxwell [nee Isaacson] and J. Preston Maxwell to J. Laidlaw Sr. and Mary Maxwell [nee Goodall]; contains copy correspondence; relating to medical missionary work and domestic activities
Locations from which letters were written include: Eng chhun, Toa Bo, Yung chun, Tekhoe and So Khe
Includes: /1-/60 Letters from Lilly and Preston to the Maxwells, Jan 1908-Dec 1908; including /6 Typescript [copy] letter from Preston to the members of the Mission Council Amoy relating to taking new students on to staff, Feb 1908, /7 Manuscript letter from Preston to his parents relating to the birth of Marjorie Gordon Maxwell, 3 Feb 1908; /61-/124 Letters from Lilly and Preston to the Maxwells, Jan 1909-Jan 1910; including /64 Typescript copy letter from Preston to the members of the Amoy Council relating to resignation of Rev H. Moncreiff, Jan 1909, /103 Manuscript copy letter from [A. E. Davies] to [Preston Maxwell] relating to travel plans, 1909
ArrangementArranged chronologically; the main bodies of correspondence were originally out of sequence, but have been replaced as accurately as possible; may still contain slight discrepancies in chronological sequence
LanguageEnglish
Access StatusOpen
Physical DescriptionFrom envelope 'Letters 1908-1909'.

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