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Letters from Joshua Marshman, 1810

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GB 891 TM-TM/5-TM/5/19

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8 items

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  • 1810 (Creation)

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Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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Joshua Marshman was a missionary based at Serampore with William Carey. He was engaged in translation, including translating Confucius and the Bible into Chinese. It appears from these letters that whilst Manning was in Bengal, awaiting permission to travel to Tibet, he helped Marshman with his translations. There are 8 letters.

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  • English
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