Borneo.- McDougall (Francis Thomas, Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak, 1817-1886) Autograph Letter signed to "My dear Sir", 6pp. with 2 engraved letterheads of St Thomas Missionary Church at Sarawak, 4to, Pinang Hill [Penang Hill, Straits Settlement], 3rd April n.d. [c. 1851], regarding the Christian mission to Sarawak set up at the behest of the Rajah of Sarawak [Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, 1803-68] "As you always evinced so kind an interest in my missionary undertaking & so liberally & materially assisted me in getting the Communion Service & other things for our Church in Sarawak , I am glad to be able to send you a representation of the first Xtian Church ever raised to the Glory of God in the Island of Borneo... The Rajah shews his determination in all things to protect & assist our Church by all the means in his power, his revenues which do not by any means defray the the expenses of the State are far too small to allow of his giving pecuniary help", folds, slightly browned. ⁂ A lengthy letter giving an account of the first Christian mission to Sarawak under the rule of the "White Rajah".
Borneo.- McDougall (Francis Thomas, Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak, 1817-1886) Autograph Letter signed to "My dear Sir", 6pp. with 2 engraved letterheads of St Thomas Missionary Church at Sarawak, 4to, Pinang Hill [Penang Hill, Straits Settlement], 3rd April n.d. [c. 1851], regarding the Christian mission to Sarawak set up at the behest of the Rajah of Sarawak [Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, 1803-68] "As you always evinced so kind an interest in my missionary undertaking & so liberally & materially assisted me in getting the Communion Service & other things for our Church in Sarawak , I am glad to be able to send you a representation of the first Xtian Church ever raised to the Glory of God in the Island of Borneo... The Rajah shews his determination in all things to protect & assist our Church by all the means in his power, his revenues which do not by any means defray the the expenses of the State are far too small to allow of his giving pecuniary help", folds, slightly browned. ⁂ A lengthy letter giving an account of the first Christian mission to Sarawak under the rule of the "White Rajah".
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