Batavia [Jakarta],1823

includes letters from: John Slater, Penang [Pinang] and Batavia [Jakarta]- Health; medical supplies in Batavia; requesting matrices for printing press; taking over William Milne's Chinese magazine; good work of Claudius Thomsen in Singapore; account of expenses; wishes on health grounds to move (med...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Batavia/Java/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 12 Jan - 23 Aug 1823
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Batavia/Java/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Summary: includes letters from: John Slater, Penang [Pinang] and Batavia [Jakarta]- Health; medical supplies in Batavia; requesting matrices for printing press; taking over William Milne's Chinese magazine; good work of Claudius Thomsen in Singapore; account of expenses; wishes on health grounds to move (medical certificate enclosed) Batavia - subscription list for temporary English church - printed resolution on Walter Medhurst's services - printed resolution and subscription list for permanent English church (1819) John Slater, Batavia [Jakarta] - Walter Medhurst - gross darkness of Chinese minds; Mr Livett's evangelistic activities; schools; preaching; printing; his Fukien-English dictionary nearly finished, Singapore will print it; misconduct of John Slater, extracts from letters to Slater thereon from colleagues; extracts (in Dutch and English) of Council proceedings approving his residence and use of printing press to publish in Chinese;
Extent: 7 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 2,Jacket A
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