From Alice Walling at the Mall, Swindon, Wiltshire, to Lewis Court.
With reference to Court's appeal for Bible Christian memorabilia, Walling's mother Mrs A. G. Hawken (widow of Mr W. R. Hawken and daughter-in-law of the late Revd. William Hawken) has asked her to write and ask if Court would like cabinet size photographs of the missionaries Samuel Pollard and his wife [Emmie], which were taken in China. They were given by Pollard to Walling's father. She looks forward to seeing this collection in Bristol, which will she is sure revive very happy memories.
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- William Hawken (1819-1903) was born at St Ervan, Padstow. He was converted by Catherine Harris in 1838 and entered the Bible Christian ministry in 1844. He resigned after one year but was readmitted in 1850. Source: Beckerlegge
- Samuel Pollard (1864-1915) was born at Camelford, the son of a Bible Christian minister. After five years in the civil service he entered the Bible Christian ministry with the specific intention of offering himself for missionary work in China. He commenced work in the Chaotung district in 1887 before going on to Kunming in 1889. His most notable work was among the aboriginal Miao people, which he started in 1904 in the face of intense opposition from the Chinese authorities. Pollard invented the `Pollard script' for the purpose of committing the Miao language to writing. He produced Miao translations of the New Testament and many hymns. Source: Encyclopedia of World Methodism (1974)