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Nelson's letter of January 1801, requesting requesting texts for seamen.
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THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE
ARCHIVES AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH
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Did you know that SPCK
provided texts for seamen? Horatio Nelson wrote to us in January 1801 saying
"I am again a Solicitor for the goodness of the Society ... to hope that
the Society will again make a present of Books ..."
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Perhaps you've heard
that SPCK founded church schools for both boys and girls in the 18th
Century?
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Were you aware that
the SPCK helped produce the first Tamil New Testament in 1714?
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Or that SPCK is the
third oldest English publishing house still operating today, after the
University presses of Oxford and Cambridge?
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Maybe your ancestors
worked for SPCK or were involved in their projects both here in the UK and
overseas and you'd like to know more?
Whatever your query about SPCK's history, our archives, which date back
to our origin in 1698, are now part of the collection of the University of
Cambridge.
The Manuscripts Department holds all non-printed materials, including the
following:
- Minutes, including various Committees and Sub-Committees.
- Annual and monthly reports.
- Accounts books.
- Legacies and grants.
- Correspondence, mostly in the 18th century, as later correspondence has unfortunately been destroyed.
- District committees.
- Foreign missions and bishoprics.
- Charity schools.
The Rare Books Department holds printed materials, mostly, but
not exclusively, SPCK publications, in four categories:
- Children's books.
- General books.
- Tracts, from the 17th to 19th centuries.
- Foreign language material, e.g. Bibles and prayer books.
Cambridge University Library
West Road
Cambridge
CB3 9DR
Tel: 01223-333000
Email: library@lib.cam.ac.uk
Manuscripts contact: Peter Meadows
Tel: 01223-333141
Email: pmm1000@cam.ac.uk
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