Amboyna [Ambon],1825

includes letters by Joseph Kam from Amboina [Ambon] - visited Ceram [Seram]; favourable atmosphere created by visit of governor general Baron van der Kapellen [Godert Alexander Gerard Philip, Baron van der Capellen]; 5,000 school pupils, 85 church members received on profession of faith; Dutch mis...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Amboyna-Rangoon/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 10 - 19 Jan 1825
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/14/02/04/012
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/14/02/04/012
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/14/02/04/012
prefix_number 012
title Amboyna [Ambon],1825
scb_date_creation 10 - 19 Jan 1825
scb_level File
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scb_extent 3 items
format Archive
description includes letters by Joseph Kam from Amboina [Ambon] - visited Ceram [Seram]; favourable atmosphere created by visit of governor general Baron van der Kapellen [Godert Alexander Gerard Philip, Baron van der Capellen]; 5,000 school pupils, 85 church members received on profession of faith; Dutch missionary Starink at Elpaputih overcame idolatry following arson attack on his house at service time. - journal (translated by E F Grenier and sent by him with covering letter 17 Sep 1827 ) of major 5-month tour of South Western and South Eastern Moluccan islands; on many islands latent Christianity dating back generations was revived by Kam's preaching and instruction, 900 baptisms and solemnisation of many marriages; in 1825 Kam's total baptized neared 2560 of whom over 750 were adults.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 5,Jacket A
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.0014.0002.0004.00012