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Oriental manuscripts associated with William Jenks.

China, America and the Pacific Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Boston Athenaeum, owner.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Alphabets.
History.
Language and languages.
Law.
Religion.
Soap.
Vocabulary.
China--Guangzhou.
Massachusetts--Boston.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Production:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], [approximately 1799-approximately 1830]
Summary:
Letters, legal documents, historical or religious commentaries and devotional literature associated with William Jenks, founder of the American Oriental Society. He was one of several missionaries and scholars who visited the East and collected or copied original manuscripts, which they sent to Boston for study or publication.
Notes:
AMDigital Reference: L452
Collection: Collection of Arabic and Oriental Manuscripts, c.1799-c.1830
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