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 -...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Penang/Incoming correspondence/Box 3A
Date(s) of creation: 5 Jan - 8 Dec 1831
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.14.02.02.014
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 3A
callnumber CWM/LMS/14/02/02/014
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/14/02/02/014
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/14/02/02/014
prefix_number 014
title Penang [Pinang],1831
scb_date_creation 5 Jan - 8 Dec 1831
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 [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
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 3
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.0014.0002.0002.00014