[KS] Great Chosŏn Ramie Spinning, Ltd. (大朝鮮 苧麻 製絲 會社)

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Dear Rev. Cameron Johnson left Korea soon after his arrival in Seoul in 1892 and worked in Japan.He occasionally visited Korea. He was a very conservative clerical missionary of PCUS.So he was not related to the business in Seoul at all.Best,Sung Deuk Oak
 > Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 05:04:22 +0200
> From: klaus-dittrich at gmx.de
> To: koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
> Subject: Re: [KS] Great Chosŏn Ramie Spinning, Ltd. (大朝鮮 苧麻 製絲 會社)
> 
> There was also another American named Cameron Johnson, missionary of the Southern Presbyterian Church, arriving to Korea in October 1892 and living in Pyeongyang around 1897.
> But I doubt that missionaries got involved in business activities in such a straightforward way.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Klaus
> 
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> Klaus DITTRICH, Ph.D.   클라우스 디트리히
> Assistant Professor at the Department of Korean History, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
> 
> 
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > Datum: Fri, 11 May 2012 07:51:01 -0400
> > Von: Frank Hoffmann <hoffmann at koreaweb.ws>
> > An: Korean Studies Discussion List <koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws>
> > Betreff: Re: [KS] Great Chosŏn Ramie Spinning, Ltd. (大朝鮮 苧麻 製絲 會社)
> 
> > > Might "타운션 데슬나(American)" refer to Walter D. Townsend of The
> >  
> > > American Trading Company?  He was one of the most prominent,  
> > > successful and relatively cash-rich American businessmen in Korea at  
> > > the time.
> > 
> > 
> > Yes, it does ... but that is actually not one but TWO people:
> > Walter D. Townsend *and* a David W. Deshler.
> > 
> > For the first one see e.g. the March 23, 1897, the English page of the  
> > _Tongnip sinmun_  
> > (http://gonews.kinds.or.kr/OLD_NEWS_IMG3/DLD/DLE18970323u00_03.pdf),  
> > middle of first column: "Mr. W.D. Townsend of Chemulpo returned to his  
> > home from Japan by the Genkai." W.D. Townsend did run his trading  
> > company there, Townsend & Co.  That company exported U.S. gunpowder to  
> > Korea and Japan. You may want to look for their ads in _Tongnip sinmun_.
> > 
> > Mr. David W. Deshler--that is the "Co." in Townsend & Co.--Townsend's  
> > partner since February 1897: see here the February 27 English issue  
> > (http://gonews.kinds.or.kr/OLD_NEWS_IMG3/DLD/DLE18970227u00_02.pdf).  
> > Right-hand column, about middle: "Mr. David W. Deshler has been  
> > admitted as a partner in the firm of Townsend and Co., of Chemulpo.  
> > Mr. Deschler is from Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A."
> > 
> > Now the British one .... that I am not at all sure about: "영국 사람
> > 존손".
> > There was an American Presbyterian missionary, Fr. Woodridge O.  
> > Johnson (1877-1949) of the Northern Presbyerian Church, a medical  
> > doctor who was in Taegu from 1897-1913 and opened the "Miguk yakpang"  
> > (American dispensary) there, the first Westener to teach Western  
> > medicine in Korea. But again, he was American, not British. In general  
> > though, his engagement would fit the description ... but this is just  
> > a wild guess. Maybe someone has a list of British nationals in Korea  
> > at the time? (E.g. in the 1984 _Korea Journal_?)
> > 
> > 
> > Frank
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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