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A. W. Terrell to his wife, December 7, 1894
A letter from Terrell to his wife with a detailed discussion of his opinions of the Armenian massacres and the political situation in Turkey. On the last page Terrell talks briefly about his attempts to purchase antiquities for UT.
Consul Thomas Gibson to Terrell (?), December 1894 (forwarding)
Two letters forwarded to Terrell or his office by Thomas Gibson, the US Consul in Beirut, with a cover letter explaining that they relate to complaints from American missionary schools in Mersine and Tarsus about the treatment of their Armenian faculty and their students.
H. O. Dwight to A. W. Terrell, March 18, 1895
Letter from H. O. Dwight to Terrell in which Dwight reports on certain inflammatory articles published in the Turkish-language press in Crimea, which he says are inciting Turks to attack Christian missionaries.
H. V. Hilprecht to A. W. Terrell, January 1894
A letter from the curator of the Babylonian Section of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania discussing "the Armenian question" and requesting Terrell's help in getting some antiquities the Museum had purchased through Turkish customs for shipment to Philadelphia.
H. V. Hilprecht to Terrell, April 4, 1895
A very friendly letter to Terrell from the curator of the Babylonian Section at the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, which comments on the political situation in Turkey, on some antiquities that Terrell helped Penn acquire, and on Terrell's own acquisition of two vases from...
Henry Dwight to Terrell, April 9, 1895
Letter of Henry Dwight to Terrell updating him on the situation with respect to violence against Christians or missionary schools in central Turkey. Dwight suggests the situation is stable and credits Terrell with helping to stabilize it by defending the interests of the missionary schools with...
Henry Dwight to Terrell, March 9, 1895
Letter from Henry Dwight to Terrell reporting concerns on the part of the administrators of missionary schools in central and western Turkey about attacks by Muslims, and especially by Kurds, on the schools and on Christians associated with them.
John Ainslie to Terrell, March 23, 1895
A letter that seems to be from an administrator of one of the missionary schools that Terrell had been helping with its political difficulties with Ottoman officers, discussing the status of a building project and its allies and enemies.
Lyman Gorham Smith to A. W. Terrell, April 5, 1895
A letter to Terrell from a recent Harvard graduate interested in employment as an instructor in an American school or college in Turkey.
Memo regarding Greek Protestants of Ordou, 1895
This document is a memo regarding the petition of the Greek Protestants of Ordou, on the Turkish Black Sea coast, to construct a church for their services. It was not written by Terrell, but presumably by a member of the English diplomatic mission, given the reference to "Her Majesty's Embassy"...
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