Amboyna [Ambon],1815
includes letters by: Joseph Kam, Amboina [Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia] - arrival at Amboina; work amongst the people; large congregations; 20,000 Bibles needed; Resident's promise to provide small printing press; great opportunities for more missionaries; appeals to Resident to prevent human sacrifice...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Amboyna-Rangoon/Incoming correspondence/Box 1 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
22 Mar - 22 Jun 1815 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Amboyna-Rangoon/Incoming correspondence/Box 1 |
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| Summary: |
includes letters by:
Joseph Kam, Amboina [Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia] - arrival at Amboina; work amongst the people; large congregations; 20,000 Bibles needed; Resident's promise to provide small printing press; great opportunities for more missionaries; appeals to Resident to prevent human sacrifices; need of printing press, formation of a bible society (auxiliary to 'the parent Society at London'); applications for baptism; Christians include a number of black people; description of a severe earthquake [Mount Tambora on Sumbawa]; his marriage to Sara Maria Zimmermann.
Resident, Fort Victoria (Amboina) Formal minute of meeting where formation of Bible Society proposed and school pupils catechised. |
| Extent: |
6 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 2,Jacket B |
| Finding aids: |
Hand-written lists of Incoming Correspondence for each year up to 1824 are contained in the Box |
| Format: | Archive |