Batavia [Jakarta],1829
includes letters from Batavia [Jakarta] by: Walter Medhurst - Description of places visited on tour of eastern coast of Malayan peninsula and off-shore islands: Pahang (town at mouth of Pahang river), Tringano [Kuala Terengganu], Klinton [Kelantan], Patani [Pattani], Songora [?Songkhla] and in weste...
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CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Batavia/Java/Incoming correspondence/Box 1 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
24 Jan 1829 - 9 Nov 1829 |
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File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Batavia/Java/Incoming correspondence/Box 1 |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from Batavia [Jakarta] by:
Walter Medhurst - Description of places visited on tour of eastern coast of Malayan peninsula and off-shore islands: Pahang (town at mouth of Pahang river), Tringano [Kuala Terengganu], Klinton [Kelantan], Patani [Pattani], Songora [?Songkhla] and in western Borneo: Pontianak, Mandor (prospect for mission to Dayaks) and Sambas, commenting on geography, government, commerce and condition of Chinese in all these places; accounts; report on preaching; first baptism candidate; difficulty learning Japanese, getting Japanese books or visiting Japan; suggests tour of coasts of China and Japan with books. William Young's progress; work of Mrs Medhurst [née Elizabeth Braun]; proposes another tour with Jacob Tomlin, leaving William Young in charge.
H Hardy (member of Batavia English church) - appreciation of Walter Medhurst |
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4 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 3, 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 |