Penang [Pinang],1820

includes letters from: Thomas Beighton, Penang - Anglo Chinese College and Malacca missionaries, Ultra-Ganges Mission and its organisation; grant of land by (new) governor; correspondence about land with Penang government. Walter Medhurst, Penang - leaves Malacca, reasons for, arrives, starts Chine...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Penang/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 5 Jan - 12 Dec 1820
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.14.02.02.003
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.Penang/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
callnumber CWM/LMS/14/02/02/003
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/14/02/02/003
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/14/02/02/003
prefix_number 003
title Penang [Pinang],1820
scb_date_creation 5 Jan - 12 Dec 1820
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 14 items
format Archive
description includes letters from: Thomas Beighton, Penang - Anglo Chinese College and Malacca missionaries, Ultra-Ganges Mission and its organisation; grant of land by (new) governor; correspondence about land with Penang government. Walter Medhurst, Penang - leaves Malacca, reasons for, arrives, starts Chinese boys school; Penang and its government joint letters from John Ince and Thomas Beighton, Penang - persecution of Chinese preacher at Canton; death of Ince baby; Bible taught for first time by Muslim; Robert Fleming's illness; murder of Englishmen at Manila; planting tea and coffee. joint letters from John Ince, Thomas Beighton and Walter Medhurst, Penang - on William Milne DD's comment re Walter Medhurst leaving Malacca; printing started; asylum for orphans and boarding school needed LMS Directors, London - minutes and resolutions re Ultra Ganges Mission purchase of house and compound.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 2
scb_finding_aids A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for Penang, 1805-1869 (list G1), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0014.0002.0002.00003