CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY ARCHIVE
Section III: Central Records

Part 20: Papers of Henry Venn (Secretary of CMS, 1846-1873) and Family

Contents of Reels

REEL 299

Catalogue of the Venn Papers Accession 81 pp1-14

C23 Letters from Katherine Venn (née King) to her brother George, her husband John and one to her from John 1781-1796

C24 Letters to John Venn of Hereford (1802-1890) from his sister Caroline 1820-1822

C25 Letters to and from John Venn of Hereford (1802-1890) and his family including many from his sister Emelia 1820-1831

C26 Letters to John Venn of Hereford (1802-1890) to family and from his sister
Emelia 1820-1840

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C27 Letters to John Venn of Hereford (1802-1890) from his sister Emelia and letters to his sisters Emelia and Catherine 1821-1834

C28 Letters to John Venn of Hereford (1802-1890) from James Stephen 1835

C29 Letters to and from John Venn of Hereford (1802-1890) and his family, also from James Stephen and S Thomason 1822-1867

C30 Family correspondence of Henry Venn, CMS 1813-1843

C31 Letters from Henry Venn, CMS to his sisters and brothers, Aunt and Uncle King and cousin Elliott 1813-1824

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C31 Letters from Henry Venn, CMS to his sisters and brothers, Aunt and Uncle King and cousin Elliott 1825-1865

C32 Letters from Henry Venn, CMS to his wife Martha (née Sykes) 1828-1839

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C33 Letters from Henry Venn, CMS to his children c1838-1851

C34 Letters from Henry Venn, CMS to to his son John and daughters Henrietta and Susie 1840-1873

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C34 Letters from Henry Venn, CMS to his son John and daughters Henrietta and Susie 1840-1873

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C35 Letters to Henry Venn, CMS from a wide variety of people including William Wilberforce, Joshua King, Zachary Macaulay 1755-1877

C36 Letters to Henry Venn, CMS from a wide variety of people 1824-1874

C37 Letters from Henry Venn, CMS to Rev Charles Clayton and some from John Venn 1839, 1849-1851

C38 Letters from Martha Venn (née Sykes) to Henry Venn 1830-1839

C39 Letters from Martha Venn (née Sykes) to sister Anne, sister-in-law Emelia
and Marianne Thornton 1832-1839

C40 Letters from John Venn (1834-1923) to his father 1850-1868

C41 Letters from John Venn (1834-1923) concerning Wykeham Professorship of Logic at Oxford 1889

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C42 Letters from John Venn (1834-1923) to Dr Hunter concerning university life at
Cambridge 1882-1901

C43 Letter to John Venn (1834-1923) from Herbert Maxwell regarding the history of
the Douglas family 1902

C44 Account of John Venn’ illness 1900

C45 Letters from S C Venn, wife of John Venn to Dr and Mrs Hunter 1893-1901

C46 Letters to Dr John A Venn (1883-1958) concerning work on the Venn Mss 1945-1956

C47 Letter from William King to Miss Thorley (later Mrs King) 1755

C48 Letters from William King to son George King 1777-1781

C49 Letters from George King to his sister Katherine 1779-1796

C50 Letters of George King to and from his mother 1797-1808

C51 Letter to William King from son George 1780

C52 Letter from Elizabeth King to brother 1775

C53 Letter from George King to his brother 1795

C54 Letter to George King from Joseph Milner, his schoolmaster 1781

C55 Letter to George King from R Jarratt 1786

C56 Letters to George King from F J H Wollaston 1786-1788

C57 Letter to George King from William Stewart 1794

C58 Letters to George King from Lord Rutland mentioning the Cato Street conspiracy 1794-1820

C59 Letters to George King from Charles Simeon 1804, 1828

C60 Letters to George King from William Pitt, MP 1792, 1804

C61 Letters to George King from the Bishop of Ely 1819-1820

C62 Letters to George King from his nephew Henry Venn 1819, 1820

C63 Account of the death of George King with an obituary by his nephew Henry Venn plus a copy of his will c1800, 1831

C64 Miscellaneous papers 1809-1819

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C65 Letters to Rev John Newton from his wife Mary 1774-1776

C66 Letters from Rev John Newton to his wife Mary, Rev Henry Venn at Yelling, Rev John Venn and Miss Venn 1756-1802

C67 Letter from Mrs Mary Newton to Mary Unwin and notes by Rev John Newton for a sermon 1776, c1775

C68 Letters from John, Henry and Samuel Thornton to John Venn 1789-1795

C69 Letter to Mr Thornton from his son Samuel 1814

C70 Letters to Mrs Thornton from Henry Venn 1760

C71 Letter to John Thornton from John Berridge 1785

C72 Letter to Henry Thornton from Thomas Scott 1813

C73 Copy of a letter from Emelia Venn to the Thornton sisters describing the marriage of her brother Henry to Martha Sykes 1829

C74 Miscellaneous letters to J J Smith from various correspondents 1837-1839

C75 Letter from S Daracott giving an account of Mr Walker of Truro 1754

Z1/1 Log book of the East India Company Ship “Hindostan” giving full details of
voyages to Bombay and China 1796-1800

Z1/2 Log book of the East India Company Ship “Hindostan” giving full details of
voyages to China 1799-1804

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Z2 Printed pamphlet

An answer to the paper delivered by Mr Ashton at his Execution to Sir Francis
Child…. 1690

Z3 Printed pamphlet
A Common-place Book to the Holy Bible…. 1697

Z4 Printed pamphlet
A Description of the Nature of Slavery Among the Moors…. 1721

Z5 Printed pamphlet
The Reasons Alledged against Dr Rundle’s Promotion to the See of Gloucester 1734

Z6 Printed pamphlet
Some Further Considerations on the Reasons Alledged against Dr Rundle’s Promotion…. 1735

Z7 Printed pamphlet
The Perfect Contrast: Or, the Entire Opposition of Popery…. 1758

Z8 Printed pamphlet
To my Friends in Christ at Huddersfield…. 1772

Z9 Printed pamphlet
A Sermon preached on occasion of the Death of the Rev John Venn…. 1813

Z10 Printed pamphlet
Journals of travels in Italy and Egypt by Henry and Louie Venn 1908-1909

Z11 Printed pamphlet
A Little-Known Social Revolution by Michael Hennell c1955

Z12 Books
Six of Terence’s comedies 18th C

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Z13 Books
Bible belonging to the Venn family plus loose correspondence 1619

REEL 309

Z14 Books
The New World of Words or a General English Dictionary…. 1671

REEL 310

Z15 Books
Sermons by Henry Venn 1759

Z16 Books
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe 1773

REEL 311

Z17 Books
Mistakes in Religion…. by Henry Venn 1774

Z18 Books
Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons 1798

Z19 Books
An Enquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Paper Credit of Great Britain 1802

REEL 312

Z20 Books
A Sketch of the History of the East India Company 1813

Z21 Books
Proceedings of the Chuch Missionary Society, 1813-1815 1815

REEL 313

Z22 Books
The Life of the late Henry Venn 1835

Z23 Books
Gilbert’s Clergyman’s Almanack 1840

REEL 314

Z24 Critical and Historical Essays contributed to the Edinburgh Review 1858

REEL 315

Z25/1 Books
Memoir of Henry Venn by William Knight Vol 1 1882

Z25/2 Books
Memoir of Henry Venn by William Knight Vol 2 1882

REEL 316

Z26 Books
Letters of Emelia Russel Gurney 1902

Z27/1 Books
Venn Family Annals by John Venn Vol 1 1904

Z27/2 Venn Family Annals by John Venn Vol 2 1904

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Z28 Letters, notes of John Venn 1914-1955

Z29 Books
Noteworthy Families by Francis Galton and Edgar Schuster 1906

Z30 Books
The Life and Letters of Leslie Stephen by Frederic William Maitland 1906

REEL 318

Z31 Books
Early Collegiate Life by John Venn 1913

Z32 Books
Leslie Stephen, His Thought and Character in relation to his Time by Noel Gilroy Annen 1951

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