Amboyna [Ambon],1821

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 l...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/14/02/04/008 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Amboyna-Rangoon/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 30 May - 30 Sep 1821
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
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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/14/02/04/008
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/14/02/04/008
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/14/02/04/008
prefix_number 008
title Amboyna [Ambon],1821
scb_date_creation 30 May - 30 Sep 1821
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 4 items
format Archive
description 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.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder C,Jacket 3
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.0014.0002.0004.00008

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