Batavia [Jakarta],1815

includes letters from: John Supper, Batavia [Jakarta] - salary needs; Bible Society work; wishes to be a proper missionary; requests reinforcements; introduces Captain Gordon of Islington; hopes to go as missionary to Sambia, country seat of van Riemsdyk; news of Gottlob Bruckner and Joseph Kam; his...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Batavia/Java/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 15 Feb 1815 - 9 Jan 1816
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Batavia/Java/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Summary: includes letters from: John Supper, Batavia [Jakarta] - salary needs; Bible Society work; wishes to be a proper missionary; requests reinforcements; introduces Captain Gordon of Islington; hopes to go as missionary to Sambia, country seat of van Riemsdyk; news of Gottlob Bruckner and Joseph Kam; his marriage; climate and living; lack of results; Christians' conduct worse than heathens; report on his work and his wife. Gottlob Bruckner, Samarang [Semarang] - deplorable state of nominal Christians; his marriage; need of missionaries
Extent: 6 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 1,Jacket B
Finding aids: A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence covering letters from Batavia 1814-1843 (list G1), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.
Format: Archive