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June 2004
Philately and Numismatics Page
East India Company Coin, 1818
EIC Half Anna
Reverse Detail (Image of the goddess Lakshmi, goddess of wealth)
East India Company Coin, 1835
EIC Half Anna
Reverse Detail (Image of the goddess Kali, the highest of all Hindu gods; reverse has date of 1807)
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Martyn, an Anglican, arrived in India, 1806, and became a friend of Carey, Marshman, and Ward.
Robert Morrison, D.D. (1782-1834), First Protestant Missionary to China
Initially Supported by the London Missionary Society, later, Employed by the East India Company as a translator of Chinese.
Alexander Duff, D.D., LL.D. (1806-1878)
Scottish by birth, Duff arrived in Calcutta in 1830, where he began a Christian school.
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Rev. Henry Martyn (1781-1812), As a Young Man
Martyn's Persian Testament in Danger of Destruction
Martyn Preaching to the Union's Ship Company on the Voyage to India, 1805
Martyn Attempting to Save a Woman from Suttee
Martyn and a Moonshee Translating the Bible
Leadenhall Street, London
1800-1929
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Created: June 3, 2004 Updated: June 30, 2004