Protestant missionary tracts in Malay and Thai (Siamese)

Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 41, Folder: 3

Identifier: GTM-0063

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Scope and Contents

Two Protestant missionary tracts published in South East Asia: one published in 1838 in Bangkok in the Thai language and script, "On the Final Judgement" by Dr. Dan Bradley of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; the other published in 1837 in Singapore in the Malay language using Arabic script, also by American missionaries, recounting the story of the Arab Christian converts Abdullah and Sabat. Both tracts bear an inscription describing the respective text and its donation to Georgetown University by Lorenzo Lewis, esq. of Audley, Clarke Co., Va. Both tracts show Riggs Library stamps.

Dates

Creation: 1838

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.

Extent

0.02 Cubic Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license.

Additional Description

Custodial History

GTM-0063 was at some time prior to 1970 housed with the wooden map box of the Nicholas Cleary Collection, GTM-0020, and counted among its contents. Curatorial file found with the Nicholas Cleary Collection.