BIB_ID
350451
Accession number
MA 374.72
Creator
Schereschewsky, S. I. J. (Samuel Isaac Joseph), 1831-1906.
Display Date
[1861-1894].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 33.2 cm
Notes
Part of a 12-volume collection of Autographs and Manuscripts of Bishops of The Protestant Episcopal Church (MA 364-375). The arrangement of the collection is by Bishops in the order of their consecration and chronological within their portion of the collection. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The translation is not dated, however Bishop Schereschewsky began his Chinese translations of the Bible in 1861 and the following letter in the collection (MA 374.73), in which he mentions sending him 4 pages of typed translations,is dated January 18, 1894.
The translation is not dated, however Bishop Schereschewsky began his Chinese translations of the Bible in 1861 and the following letter in the collection (MA 374.73), in which he mentions sending him 4 pages of typed translations,is dated January 18, 1894.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Being a translation of Bible verses into Chinese in a roman script and not in Chinese characters.
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