Printed copies of letters addressed to the directors of the London Missionary Society

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chiefly by Price, Thomson, Dodgshun, Clarke, Hore and Hutley, also letters addressed to the Central African missionaries, J. Mullins and a copy of the booklet 'The Mission in Central Africa', produced for the use of the directors, and containing further letters of Thomson, Dodgshun, Hore and Hutly. Also a detatched, undated sheet from an unidentified publication, mentioning the Lake Tanganyika mission.

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Papers of John Boden Thomson and Elizabeth ThomsonMS 380311

Education in EnglandMS 380311/01

Work among the Matabele PeopleMS 380311/02

Letters and papers relating to the Ujiji MissionMS 380311/03

Letters of Thomson addressed to his wife, Elizabeth and to his children prior to his arrival in Kirasa, Zanzibar.MS 380311/03/01

Letterbook of Thomson, containing copies of letters addressed by him chiefly to R. Price and J. Mullins.MS 380311/03/02

Printed copies of letters addressed to the directors of the London Missionary SocietyMS 380311/03/03

Letters of Thomson to his wife and children, written from Kirasa and Ujiji, including the last letter written before his death on 26 Sep 1878.MS 380311/03/04

Letter addressed to Elizabeth Thomson with attached copy of an extract from the London Missionary Society board minutes relating to the Ujiji group.MS 380311/03/05

Telegram sent by J. Mullins appointing Thomson as leader of the Ujiji group, following the decision of Price to stay in England.MS 380311/03/06

Letters from Thomson addressed to Messrs Marshall, Buchanan and Mullins containing `progress reports' on the mission's attempts to reach Ujiji.MS 380311/03/07

Three copies of the 'Chronicle of the London Missionary Society'; each copy containing information about the Ujiji Mission, and an attached copy of the Evangelical Magazine.MS 380311/03/08

List made by Thomson of stopping places en route to Ujiji and a list of goods carried.MS 380311/03/09

Letters to Elizabeth Thomson, and to the Thomson children, by Edward Hore and Walter Hutley on behalf of Thomson during his periods of illness.MS 380311/03/10

Letters of condolence addressed to Elizabeth Thomson, following the death of her husband.MS 380311/03/11

Telegram addressed to the directors of the London Missionary Society informing them of Thomson's death.MS 380311/03/12

Obituary notices of Thomson in the 'Christian World' and in the 'Juvenile Missionary Magazine'.MS 380311/03/13

Cuttings from the 'Nonconformist and Independent'MS 380311/03/14

MiscellaneousMS 380311/04