Penang [Pinang],1830

includes letters from: Thomas Beighton, Penang [Pinang] - work on Queddah [Kedah] coast; circular seeking subscriptions for Penang [Pinang] native schools; copy of letter to Claudius Thomsen; a soldier's conversion; soldiers now permitted to attend evening services; chapel finances; correspondence w...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Penang/Incoming correspondence/Box 3A
Date(s) of creation: 1 Jan - 23 Oct 1830
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Penang/Incoming correspondence/Box 3A
Summary: includes letters from: Thomas Beighton, Penang [Pinang] - work on Queddah [Kedah] coast; circular seeking subscriptions for Penang [Pinang] native schools; copy of letter to Claudius Thomsen; a soldier's conversion; soldiers now permitted to attend evening services; chapel finances; correspondence with Kenneth Murchison, Deputy President, Penang [later Governor General] on Government allowances for schools. Malay account of Sabat's history and death with partial translation into English. Samuel Dyer, Penang - 6-monthly report; difficulties in Chinese mission work; purchase of small house in Chinese Bazaar for evangelismand opening small dispensary; still preparing metal Chinese type; Mrs Dyer [née Maria Tarn]'s work in child adoption. Maria Newell's marriage to Carl Gutzlaff [Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff]
Extent: 14 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 2
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