Amboyna [Ambon],1818
includes letters by: Joseph Kam, Amboina - permission from Dutch governor Kock for seminary; hopes for 5000 NewTestaments from British & Foreign Bible Society; on travels has discovered 35-40,000 Christian islanders; tabulates Christian population in Moluccan [Maluku] islands and number of non-C...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Amboyna-Rangoon/Incoming correspondence/Box 1 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
6 Mar - 12 May 1818 |
| 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 - permission from Dutch governor Kock for seminary; hopes for 5000 NewTestaments from British & Foreign Bible Society; on travels has discovered 35-40,000 Christian islanders; tabulates Christian population in Moluccan [Maluku] islands and number of non-Christians; report on visit to nearby islands; sympathy on death of son of David Langton (LMS secretary); copies of writings of local schoolboys; need for printing press; over 6,000 baptised during his 1817 tour of islands.
George Livett, London - report on the religion and state of the peoples of the Moluccan islands with his assessment of missionary opportunities there. |
| Extent: |
4 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 3,Jacket A |
| Finding aids: |
Hand-written lists of Incoming Correspondence for each year up to 1824 are contained in the Box |
| Format: | Archive |