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Marshman ,  Joshua . ( 1768-1837 )  Orientalist and Missionary
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Letters from Joshua Marshman, 1810
GB 891 TM-TM/5-TM/5/19 · Subseries · 1810
Part of Papers of Thomas Manning, Chinese Scholar, First English visitor to Lhasa, Tibet

Joshua Marshman was a missionary based at Serampore with William Carey. He was engaged in translation, including translating Confucius and the Bible into Chinese. It appears from these letters that whilst Manning was in Bengal, awaiting permission to travel to Tibet, he helped Marshman with his translations. There are 8 letters.

 Marshman Joshua 1768-1837 Missionary and Orientalist
Letter from Joshua Marshman, 28 August 1810
GB 891 TM-TM/5-TM/5/19-TM/5/19/4 · File · 28 August 1810
Part of Papers of Thomas Manning, Chinese Scholar, First English visitor to Lhasa, Tibet

Letter from Joshua Marshman to Thomas Manning. He discusses Manning's journey to try to reach Peking. He says that he has discussed it with Mr (William) Carey. [Lapar] would not be able to go on the journey because he is needed for the work in Serampore and is in poor health. He considers Manning's idea of going via Burma and wishes that he could just set him down in Peking. Dated 28th August 1810, Handwritten, 1 piece, 3 sides