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A packet of letters from Jesuits in Pekin, Canton, and elsewhere in China, to the...
Catalogue reference: SP 9/239
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This record is about the A packet of letters from Jesuits in Pekin, Canton, and elsewhere in China, to the... dating from 1700 Nov. 20-1702 Jan. 31 in the series State Paper Office: Williamson Collection, Pamphlets, Miscellaneous. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SP 9/239
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1700 Nov. 20-1702 Jan. 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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A packet of letters from Jesuits in Pekin, Canton, and elsewhere in China, to the Pope, to Thyrsus Gonzales, General of the Society at Rome, and to various Jesuit fathers and others in France and Italy; including a copy of a letter from the General appointing father Gerbillon vice-Provincial in China, a list by the hand of father Domenge of missionaries of various orders in China and a Manchu imperial rescript in duplicate (cp. Brevis Relatio, Pekin 1701). With various specimens of small round Jesuit seals, bearing the holy monogram, and of seals made with a Chinese coin. These letters were presumably intercepted, or conveyed no further than England, by some English ship. They were formerly classified under Foreign Office, China.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- French, Italian, Latin, Manchu. 81 ff.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Asia
- Europe and Russia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3508428/
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SP 9
State Paper Office: Williamson Collection, Pamphlets, Miscellaneous
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