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Arthur John Macleane letter, 1846 May 11 : manuscript.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Misc Mss Box 25 Folder 41
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Macleane, A. J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religious education--India.
- Religious education.
- Education--India.
- Education.
- Missions--Study and teaching--India.
- Missions.
- Evangelistic work--Study and teaching--India.
- Evangelistic work.
- Genre:
- Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by Pickering & Chatto Antiquarian Booksellers (London, England), 2024.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (31 pages) : paper ; 23 x 19 cm
- Production:
- Guildford (England), 1846 May 11.
- Contained In:
- Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 25 Folder 41
- Biography/History:
- Arthur John Macleane (1813-1858) belonged to a branch of the Macleanes of Ardgour which migrated to India after the Jacobite rising of 1745. HIs son, also Arthur John Maclean but dropping the final 'e' reconnected with Scotland by becoming Episcopal bishop of Moray, Ross, and Caithness.
- Summary:
- Autograph letter, signed, dated May 11th, 1846, from Arthur John Macleane addressed to "Sir." The recipient could be Henry Venn (1796-1873) a Protestant missions strategist, who served as honorary secretary of the Church Missionary Society from 1841 to 1873. The letter discusses education in India in connection with the church missionary society.
- Cited as:
- Arthur John Macleane Letter, 1846 May 11 (Misc Mss Box 25 Folder 41). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
- OCLC:
- 1458794659
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