Penang [Pinang],1829

includes letters from: Thomas Beighton, Penang [Pinang] - distribution of Scripture received; continuing problem over ministerial status of missionaries; position of Maria Newell; visits Malay villages etc; answers LMS re difficulties with Anglican chaplain, R A Denton over English-language Sunday e...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Penang/Incoming correspondence/Box 3A
Date(s) of creation: 1 Jan - 25 August 1829
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Penang/Incoming correspondence/Box 3A
Summary: includes letters from: Thomas Beighton, Penang [Pinang] - distribution of Scripture received; continuing problem over ministerial status of missionaries; position of Maria Newell; visits Malay villages etc; answers LMS re difficulties with Anglican chaplain, R A Denton over English-language Sunday evening services; Lord Bentinck arrivaes as Governor General, cuts allowances to Christian schools; arrangements to keep schools going despite cuts; death of Daniel Tyerman (enclosing extract from letter to him); work of missionaries' wives, recognition suggested. Abigail Beighton [née Abigail Tobitt] - her school work Samuel Dyer, Penang - Chinese branch of mission, girls' school closed; accounts; birth and loss of child
Extent: 13 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