Malacca [Melaka],1826
includes letters from: T H Moore, Malacca - studies Confucian classics, hopes to work for British and Foreign Bible Society; meanwhile to start school for Dutch, English and Portuguese children David Collie, Malacca - will marry again; visit of LMS Deputation (Tyerman and Bennett); criticizes deputa...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Malacca/Incoming correspondence/Box 2 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
4 Jan - 18 Nov 1826 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Malacca/Incoming correspondence/Box 2 |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
T H Moore, Malacca - studies Confucian classics, hopes to work for British and Foreign Bible Society; meanwhile to start school for Dutch, English and Portuguese children
David Collie, Malacca - will marry again; visit of LMS Deputation (Tyerman and Bennett); criticizes deputation's opinion of Dr Robert Morrison and late William Milne
joint letter of James Humphreys, David Collie and Samuel Kidd, Malacca - deputation visit; foundation stone of Malacca mission chapel laid
Dr Robert Morrison - Questions and answers re Anglo Chinese college
Samuel Kidd, Malacca - about Confucius; writes sermons in Chinese after only 11 months study of language; objects to deputations requesting his immediate move to Penang [Pinang]
joint letter from David Collie and Samuel Kidd, Malacca - suggest Malacca missionaries write Biblical commentary in Chinese; request books from England for purpose
arrival of John Smith MA and Mrs Smith |
| Extent: |
9 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 4, Jacket C |
| 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 |