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

[Charles La Shure]

Presbyterian Church in the United States. It's a southern denomination that
no longer exists.

-C. La Shure

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Kenneth Robinson <anagosama at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  To all,
>
> Ummm, in the previous message, what does "PCUS" stand for? The
> abbreviation does not appear in earlier messages in this thread. Thank you.
>
>
> Ken Robinson
> ------------------------------
> From: sungoak at hotmail.com
> To: koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 03:10:46 -0400
> Subject: Re: [KS] Great Chosŏn Ramie Spinning, Ltd. (大朝鮮 苧麻 製絲 會社)
>
>  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
> >
> > --
> > 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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