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includes letters from Amboina [Ambon] by:
Joseph Kam - grateful for receipt of books, some of which he will translate into local language; instances of gospel success in various of the Moluccan [Maluku] islands on his journey; grateful for supply of printing press; translation work; preparation of local helpers (and nine learning the language) for missionary work; many in islands awaiting baptism; help from other missionaries; difficulty of getting to Easterly islands in monsoon season; severe epidemic in Java, 200,000 deaths; translation of Christian writings; letter from king of Siau in the Zangir islands [Kepulauan Sangir, Sulawesi] expressing pleasure on receiving Malayan New Testaments; pressing need of more printing types; helped by newly arrived Dutch missionaries; would be glad of LMS missionaries too, who will keep dietary restraint imposed by tropical climate.
Several printed papers containing lists of schools, names of churches and numbers of church members.
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