Penang [Pinang],1824

includes letters from Penang [Pinang] by: joint letters from John Ince and Thomas Beighton - completion and opening of mission chapel in Georgetown with hymn sheet and copy of Prince of Wales Island Gazette; influence of foreign community on local people (Penang Gazette extract); war with Burma; pos...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Penang/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Date(s) of creation: 11 Jan - 24 Sep 1824
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Penang/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Summary: includes letters from Penang [Pinang] by: joint letters from John Ince and Thomas Beighton - completion and opening of mission chapel in Georgetown with hymn sheet and copy of Prince of Wales Island Gazette; influence of foreign community on local people (Penang Gazette extract); war with Burma; possible furloughs for missionaries. John Ince - need of occasional voyages for missionaries' health's sake; his own serious illness. J Rodyk - concerning church for British residents and service of LMS missionaries at Penang Thomas Beighton - discouraging work; papers relating to Penang marriage law issue, copies of correspondence with Sir Ralph Rice [Recorder of Prince of Wales Island] thereon. Robert Fullerton [first Governor of the Straits Settlements, consisting of Singapore, Malacca and Penang] replaces William Edward Phillips.
Extent: 15 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 1
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.
Format: Archive