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

[Eugene Y. Park]

Dear Ken,

It's for "Presbyterian Church in the 
United States of America."

Best,
Gene
---

Eugene Y. Park
Korea Foundation Associate Professor of History
Director, James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies
University of Pennsylvania


On 5/13/2012 8:07 PM, Kenneth 
Robinson 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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