Malacca [Melaka],1829

includes letters from: Samuel Kidd, Malacca - needs of Malacca as a mission station; answers criticism of college and of his work; reception of Maria Newell; translation of Chinese priest's credentials; why James Humphreys should return home; breakdown of health in missionaries' wives; case of Mrs...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Malacca/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Date(s) of creation: 6 Feb - 21 Dec 1829
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Malacca/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Summary: includes letters from: Samuel Kidd, Malacca - needs of Malacca as a mission station; answers criticism of college and of his work; reception of Maria Newell; translation of Chinese priest's credentials; why James Humphreys should return home; breakdown of health in missionaries' wives; case of Mrs Humphreys [ne Mary Borland]; suppression of journal 'Malacca Press' by government and reasons; his wife's need to return to England (health) James Humphreys, London - resigns owing to ill-health; (from Singapore):report of mission at Malacca Maria Newell [later Gutzlaff], Malacca and Singapore - extracts from letters about girls' schools in Malacca district
Extent: 11 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 5, Jackets C and D
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