Malacca [Melaka],1840

includes letters from: James Legge, Singapore and Malacca - voyage with Hobson and Milne, Walter Medhurst's work in Batavia [Jakarta]; met Lockhart; arrival, Chinese language study, both Hokkien dialect and Cantonese; critical state of England-China relations; Mrs [Fanny] Evans' medical need to ret...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Malacca/Incoming correspondence/Box 3
Date(s) of creation: 1 Jan - 26 Dec 1840
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.14.02.01.026
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Malacca/Incoming correspondence/Box 3
callnumber CWM/LMS/14/02/01/026
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/14/02/01/026
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/14/02/01/026
prefix_number 026
title Malacca [Melaka],1840
scb_date_creation 1 Jan - 26 Dec 1840
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 15 items
format Archive
description includes letters from: James Legge, Singapore and Malacca - voyage with Hobson and Milne, Walter Medhurst's work in Batavia [Jakarta]; met Lockhart; arrival, Chinese language study, both Hokkien dialect and Cantonese; critical state of England-China relations; Mrs [Fanny] Evans' medical need to return to England; his illness after intense study; Mrs Legge (née Mary Isabella Morison) takes charge of Chinese girls' school; he preaches in Chinese after 8 months study; need for clearer briefing of future missionaries; re-starts English service; reviews Anglo-Chinese College and proposes move it to China; deaths of John Evans and Josiah Hughes; personal message enclosing letter from Chinese preacher A Gong Heinrich Werth, Malacca - starts as Assistant Missionary to Malays; diary extracts; reasons why he did not wish to teach women Malay
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 4, Jackets D and E
scb_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.
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0014.0002.0001.00026