Singapore,1834

includes letters from: Claudius Thomsen, Singapore - passage to England; Mrs Thomsen's illness and death, he resigns. Descriptive document about trading vessels along China coast; opium smoking and smuggling; opportunities for missionaries in China. Mrs Morrison [née Eliza Armstrong], Stoke Newingt...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Singapore/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Date(s) of creation: April 1834 - 29 Nov 1834
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges.Singapore/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Summary: includes letters from: Claudius Thomsen, Singapore - passage to England; Mrs Thomsen's illness and death, he resigns. Descriptive document about trading vessels along China coast; opium smoking and smuggling; opportunities for missionaries in China. Mrs Morrison [née Eliza Armstrong], Stoke Newington - concerning Malacca missionaries' conduct in Claudius Thomsen's case and the printed letter which had been circulated thereon Charles Gutzlaff [Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff], Singapore - Bible and tract circulation in Fukien province; American missionaries about to enter China proper. LMS, London - abtracts of correspondence between Claudius Thomsen and (1) LMS Board (2) Ultra Ganges missionaries; report of deputation and responses of Thomsen, justaposed; drafts of 2 letters to Jacon Tomlin's brother-in-law Mr Horsfall; book containing account of erection of Malay mission Chapel, Singapore, with list of subscribers.
Extent: 2 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 1, Jackets C and D
Finding aids: Detailed lists of the incoming correspondence contained in each folder of Singapore, Boxes 1 and 2 are to be found in the respective folders
Format: Archive