Letter from Hannah Legge to Tom Johnston describing life in Hong Kong and the Opium War

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- GB 102 MS 380476/02
Dates of Creation
- 28 Oct 1859
Language of Material
- English

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Legge Family PapersMS 380476

Letter from Hannah Legge to Betsey Islip describing life in Hong Kong and referring to the Chinese EmperorMS 380476/01

Letter from Hannah Legge to Tom Johnston describing life in Hong Kong and the Opium WarMS 380476/02

Letter from Hannah Legge to Tom Johnston describing Christmas in Hong Kong with a trip toHappy Valley. Fear of arson attackMS 380476/03

Letter from Hannah Legge to Betsey Islip on Life in Hong Kong and the mission houseMS 380476/04

Letter from Hannah Legge to Rebecca and Mary concerning her childrenMS 380476/05

Extracts from letter of 14 January 1860MS 380476/06

Diary by Hannah Legge of a trip made with her husband to CantonMS 380476/07

Hannah Legge's comments on an article by Arthur Phelps concerning the education of womenMS 380476/08

Letter from Hannah Legge to Betsey Islip concerning her ill-healthMS 380476/09

Letter from Hannah Legge to Betsey Islip concerning the iminent publication of a work by James Legge; his interview with Lord Elgin about the rebels and rebel "Emperor"; the Morrison Education Society and attitudes to missionariesMS 380476/10

Letter from Hannah Legge to Betsey Islip regarding family newsMS 380476/11

Letter from Hannah Legge to Betsey Islip regarding family news and life in Hong KongMS 380476/12

Letter from Hannah Legge to Betsey Islip regarding establishment of printing press; riots in Canton; after the evacuation of British troops; attacks on foreigners and missionariesMS 380476/13

Letter from Hannah Legge to Mary Willetts regarding trip on yacht; family news, health and Christian faithMS 380476/14

Letter from Hannah Legge to Frank Islip regarding family news; her views on Christianity; piracy; fraud casesMS 380476/15

Letter from Hannah Legge to Betsey Islip regarding Life in Hong Kong; devastation caused by typhoon; trip on S.S. Undine to Double Island; Amoy and Soochow; cholera outbreakMS 380476/16

Letter from Hannah Legge to Betsey Islip, expressibng her sorrow at Marian's departure for England; instructions for her care in EnglandMS 380476/17

Letter from Hannah Legge to Tom Johnston regarding Marian's departure for England and instructions for her care in England.MS 380476/18

Letter from Hannah Legge to Betsey Islip regarding family news; her health; views on dissenters and Church heirarchies; theology and societyMS 380476/19

Letter from Hannah Legge to Betsey Islip regarding Life in Hong Kong; spritual concerns; daughter MarianMS 380476/20

Letter from Hannah Legge to Betsey Islip regarding life in Hong Kong; concern for MarianMS 380476/21

Letter from Hannah Legge to Betsey Islip; Writes from Pok Foo Lun where she and her husband are visiting; greetings for New YearMS 380476/22

Letter from Hannah Legge to Betsey Islip; life in Hong Kong; political situation; the disbandment of the Therard Osborn FleetMS 380476/23

Letter from Hannah Legge to Tom Johnston; description of Nagasaki, where she is staying, and its peopleMS 380476/24

Letter from James Legge to Marian Willetts; Hong Kong; New Year greetingsMS 380476/25

Letter from Hannah Legge to Marian Willetts; Britain; family lifeMS 380476/26

Letter from James Legge to Marian Willetts; Dollar, Scotland; Aurora Borealis; language teaching in EnglandMS 380476/27

Letter from George McDonald to James Legge; writes from Hammersmith, London; has read review of Legge's book on Confucius in the SpectatorMS 380476/28

Letter from James Legge to Marian Willetts; life in Hong Kong; reaction of Chinese to man wearing kiltMS 380476/29

Letter from James Legge to Marian Willetts; life in Hong Kong; criticises Plymouth Brethren; comments on George McDonald and TennysonMS 380476/30

Letter from James Legge to Marian Willetts; Life in Hong Kong; backlog of letters due to his work on Ch'un Ts'ew. Visit to Prince Alexis, Grand Duke of Russia whom Legge met twice; his entourageMS 380476/31

Letter from James Legge to Marian Willetts; Hong Kong; family news including wife's illness; festivities surrounding visit of Grand Duke Alexis; on board frigate "Svetlano"MS 380476/32

Letter from Hannah Legge to James Legge; guidance to sonMS 380476/33

Letter from James Legge to Marian Willetts; Burnham, England; Trip to his daughter Eliza in Cambridgeshire; the Norfolk coastMS 380476/34

Letter from James Legge in Oxford to Marian Willetts; Explanation for the Chinese character for "brightly", describing wife's entrance into his study; trip to London; expresses love and confidence in his step-daughter; comments on priestsMS 380476/35

Letter from James Legge to Marian Willetts; Hull; work on the "Tao Isu King"; state of British nation; position of nonconformistsMS 380476/36

Letter from the Rector of Lincoln Institute to James Legge; Note thanking James Legge for copy of paperMS 380476/37

Letter from James Legge to Marian Hunt nee Willetts; congratulations on birth of son; Oxford Boat Race, son James rowing, his work on "Gi King" and the successful publication in Britain and the United States of The Religions of ChinaMS 380476/38

Letter from James Legge in Oxford to Marian Hunt; birthday greetings to grandson JackMS 380476/39

Letter from James Legge to Marian Hunt; winter in Oxford compared with Switzerland where Marian lives; Parliamentary debate between Gladstone and Balfour; Chinese appreciation of musicMS 380476/40

Letter from James Legge to Marian Hunt; family news; Awarded a diploma from Amsterdam as a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of HollandMS 380476/41

Letter from James Legge to Marian Hunt; Oxford life; family news; opening of Manchester College, Oxford. Comments on professors and clergy at OxfordMS 380476/42

Letter from James Legge to Bertram Hunt; New Year greetings; winter in Oxford and Bertram Hunt's description of Christmas in MunichMS 380476/43

Letter from James Legge to Marian Hunt; domestic news; his eczema; academic work; opening of the enlarged Indian InstituteMS 380476/44

Letter from James Legge to Marian Hunt; family arrangementsMS 380476/45

Letter from James Legge to Marian Hunt; birthday greetingsMS 380476/46

Letter from James Legge to Marian Hunt; family news; family birthdays in AugustMS 380476/47

Letter from James Legge to Marian Hunt; will not attend Queen Victoria's Jubilee celebrations; domestic news; his eczemaMS 380476/48

Letter to Marian [Hunt] concerning her healthMS 380476/49

Note by Max Muller commencing "let no one be frightened at the idea of studying a Chinese grammar"MS 380476/50

Ink sketch of James LeggeMS 380476/51

Order of service, including address, of the memorial service for James Legge with manuscript extract from Christian World, 2nd December [1897]MS 380476/52

Newspaper account of Katharine Tynan's memories of James LeggeMS 380476/53

'Wang T'ao - the life and writings of a displaced person', by H. McAleavy. Published by The China Society, LondonMS 380476/54

Chapter from 'Southeast Asian History and Historiography, Essays presented to D. G. E. Hall', Cornell University Press, 1976, entitled "The Anglo-Chinese College at Malacca, 1818-43" by Brian HarrisonMS 380476/55

Photocopy of article entitled "The departure of the London Missionary Society from Malacca" by R. L. O'Sullivan published in the Journal of the Malaysian Historical Society in 1980MS 380476/56