Batavia [Jakarta],1841
includes letters from Walter Medhurst, Batavia [Jakarta] - half-yearly reports; discovery of Favorlang dialect, Formosan [Taiwanese] dictionary (Word-boek der Favorlangsch Taal) by Gilbert[us] Happart, 1648 which Batavian Literary Society ordered printed [English translation thereof by Walter Medh...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Ultra Ganges. Batavia/Java/Incoming correspondence/Box 1 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
12 Apr - 7 Oct 1841 |
| 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]
- half-yearly reports; discovery of Favorlang dialect, Formosan [Taiwanese] dictionary (Word-boek der Favorlangsch Taal) by Gilbert[us] Happart, 1648 which Batavian Literary Society ordered printed [English translation thereof by Walter Medhurst printed at Parapattan, 1840] mission accounts; pressing for an educational missionary; hopeful of work;his son Walter Medhurst junior serving with J S Morrison at Macao; mission accounts; LMS finances; half-yearly report; 6-week missionary journey to Sarabang [Serabang], its interior, Surabaya and Passerwang [Pasuruan], great opportunity among people apparently influenced by spread of tracts in and beyond Surabaya, Gottlob Bruckner and Miss Aldersey urged to build up these who have turned their attention to the gospel. Baptism of a convert at Miss Aldersey's house. Reports on Ngoro (60 miles south of Surabaya) and Wisung [?Wijung] |
| Extent: |
3 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 5, 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 |