Penang [Pinang],1831
includes letters from: Thomas Beighton, Penang [Pinang] - finance; correspondence on cessation of Government allowances for schools; preaching to Malays; illness and recovery of his son; Queddah [Kedah] recaptured from Siamese; need for more printed material in Malay language. Samuel Dyer, Penang -...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Penang/Incoming correspondence/Box 3A |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
5 Jan - 8 Dec 1831 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Penang/Incoming correspondence/Box 3A |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
Thomas Beighton, Penang [Pinang] - finance; correspondence on cessation of Government allowances for schools; preaching to Malays; illness and recovery of his son; Queddah [Kedah] recaptured from Siamese; need for more printed material in Malay language.
Samuel Dyer, Penang - Returned to Penang from Malacca pending Directors' decision on his location; success of metal Chinese type for printing; 6-monthly report; difficulties in Chinese mission work; great help from Chinese Bazaar room for evangelism and dispensary; girls' school re-started.
joint letter from Thomas Beighton and Samuel Dyer, Penang - need for more tracts and scriptures for distribution; need of printing press in Penang; furtherance of Chinese metal printing types project.
Abigail Beighton [née Abigail Tobitt] - report of Girls' School.
Captain Nixon - regarding Ultra Ganges mission |
| Extent: |
14 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 3 |
| 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 |