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...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/14/02/04/002 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Amboyna-Rangoon/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 22 Mar - 22 Jun 1815
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.14.02.04.002
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Amboyna-Rangoon/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
callnumber CWM/LMS/14/02/04/002
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/14/02/04/002
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/14/02/04/002
prefix_number 002
title Amboyna [Ambon],1815
scb_date_creation 22 Mar - 22 Jun 1815
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 6 items
format Archive
description 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.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 2,Jacket B
scb_finding_aids Hand-written lists of Incoming Correspondence for each year up to 1824 are contained in the Box
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0014.0002.0004.00002

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