Malacca [Melaka],1822
includes letters from: William Milne, Malacca - health, translation, schools for Chinese, salaries; books and translations being sent to England; work at Singapore. British & Foreign School Society, London - to William Milne and his reply from Malacca - school work at Malacca and Penang [Pinang]...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Malacca/Incoming correspondence/Box 2 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
15 Feb - 24 Dec 1822 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Malacca/Incoming correspondence/Box 2 |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
William Milne, Malacca - health, translation, schools for Chinese, salaries; books and translations being sent to England; work at Singapore.
British & Foreign School Society, London - to William Milne and his reply from Malacca - school work at Malacca and Penang [Pinang].
David Collie, en route, inc Madras [Chennai], and from Malacca - impression of Indian heathenism, death of his wife [née Ann Murray]; his arrival and study of Chinese; Dr William Milne's writings and translations.
Thomas Beighton, Malacca - asks for medical books
George Huttman, Malacca
James Humphreys, Malacca - work at printing office and Anglo-Chinese college; Malay school started; redeemed slave becomes a Christian
Claudius Thomsen, Malacca - an unhappy situation in Malacca; proposes move to Singapore
copies of pamphlet; missionary moves, Walter Medhurst moving to Penang
deaths of William Milne and of Mrs Ince [née Barr] |
| Extent: |
17 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 2 |
| Finding aids: |
A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for Malacca, 1814-1859, (list G1), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. |
| Format: | Archive |