Amboyna [Ambon],1824
includes letters by Joseph Kam from Amboina [Ambon] - Amboina Bible Society, meeting in the presence of the governor general Baron van der Capellen [Godert Alexander Gerard Philip Baron van der Capellen], affiliated to that of Batavia [Jakarta]; baptised 107 from different people groups in 1823; h...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Amboyna-Rangoon/Incoming correspondence/Box 1 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
22 Apr - 10 Oct 1824 |
| 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 from Amboina [Ambon]
- Amboina Bible Society, meeting in the presence of the governor general Baron van der Capellen [Godert Alexander Gerard Philip Baron van der Capellen], affiliated to that of Batavia [Jakarta]; baptised 107 from different people groups in 1823; has reached number 50 in translating Burder's Village Sermons and will print 1000 copies; now eleven Dutch missionaries serving with him. Report reaches Kam of Christianity in Tahiti from passengers of a French ship reaching Amboina; desire of Arous [Kepulauan Aru] islanders for teachers and his ministry; received further news of the South Seas missionaries including death of king Pomare; use of a Moravian Bible translation into Chinese for conversion of Chinese; report from one of the missionary colleagues of the burning of idols on Ceram [Seram]; Kam had a short but severe illness; civil uprising in Eastern Celebes [Sulawesi]
E F Grenier, Amboyna - report to the LMS, with account of conversion of a Chinese woman |
| Extent: |
7 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 4, Jacket B |
| Finding aids: |
Hand-written lists of Incoming Correspondence for each year up to 1824 are contained in the Box |
| Format: | Archive |