Batavia [Jakarta],1834
includes letters from: Walter Medhurst, Batavia [Jakarta] - new Malay book just published; enclosed letter to British & Foreign Bible Society re Harmony of the Gospels with notes; printed 1st annual report of Parapattan Orphan Asylum; argues for Samuel Dyer proceeding with Chinese metal printing...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Batavia/Java/Incoming correspondence/Box 1 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
10 Apr - 31 Dec 1834 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Batavia/Java/Incoming correspondence/Box 1 |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
Walter Medhurst, Batavia [Jakarta] - new Malay book just published; enclosed letter to British & Foreign Bible Society re Harmony of the Gospels with notes; printed 1st annual report of Parapattan Orphan Asylum; argues for Samuel Dyer proceeding with Chinese metal printing type; compares Christian and Muslim modes of production and circulation of literature; death of Dr Robert Morrison makes revision of Chinese Bible urgent; feels LMS dilatory in occupying China field; sends son to England for school; hopes to visit Canton then England; William Young's position; another missionary urgently needed in Batavia and teacher for orphans school; case of Claudius Thomsen
official Netherlands East Indies document in Dutch re: Walter Medhurst
jointly from Walter Medhurst and William Young, Batavia - report, with mission accounts and printed return schedule |
| Extent: |
8 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 4, 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 |