| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Penang/Incoming correspondence/Box…etc
1805-1823 Box 1
1824-1828 Box 2
1829-1832 Box 3A
1833-1835 Box 3B
1836-1869 Box 4
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| Summary: |
The Penang mission was begun in 1819 from Malacca [Melaka] and soon engaged with both Malay and Chinese residents, providing schools for boys and girls as well as distributing Christian tracts and holding services of worship. Property was acquired and a chapel soon built in George Town and James Town. English-language services were provided weekly, which attracted varying levels of attention and concern from successive Anglican chaplains. A mission house was also maintained for some years in the Bazaar. Prolific correspondents included Thomas Beighton, Samuel Dyer (the printer – chiefly concerned with production of Chinese type fonts), and John Bausum. Eventually the chapel became a place of Presbyterian worship, the LMS missionaries having moved to China.
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| Extent: |
5 boxes
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| Access status: |
Open
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| Language: |
English
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| Finding aids: |
A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for Penang, 1805-1869 (G1), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. A digitised copy of this list is available on SOAS Digital Collections - URL link in this catalogue record.
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| Copies: |
Penang Letters have been digitised. Digital copies can be seen on the SOAS Digital Library. See URL links in item-level records. |
| Format: |
Archive
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