includes letters from:-
Jonathan Lees, Tientsin [Tianjin] - District Committee minutes; James Williamson's death at hands of robbers; persecution of Christians in Shantung [Shandong]; 1868 circular on new Tientsin hospital and ms of March 1869 circular
Joseph Edkins, Peking [Beijing] - report on Chinese church; antagonism between British government policy and missionaries; Memorial to Sir (John) Rutherford Alcock
Dr John Dudgeon, Peking - medicines order includes some for American (ABCFM) missionaries; reports sent in diplomatic bag; endorses Edkins' view on official policy, particularly that chinese hostility is to foreign officials, not missionaries
James Williamson, Tientsin