Letter, to Mattie Bliss from William Jenkin(?)

 
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Letter, to Mattie Bliss from William Jenkin(?)
Letter, to Mattie Bliss from William Jenkin(?)
Letter, to Mattie Bliss from William Jenkin(?)
Letter, to Mattie Bliss from William Jenkin(?)

Letter, to Mattie Bliss from William Jenkin(?)

Object number2000.080.16ab
DateMay 3, 1901
Mediumpaper and ink
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (14 x 21.6 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum collection
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    DescriptionTwo letters written to Mattie Bliss from William Jenkin in China. The first letter discusses the surgery of a man and the religious conversions of another. The second letter discusses the surgical removal of a tumor from a man and the possibilities of converting the man to Christianity. He also discusses visiting people in another village, being asked to visit a sick man in the back of a store, and further attempts to convert people to Christianity.
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