Missionary letter dated Banculo 10 December 1727, written by Carlo Giuseppe Fideli, the Prefect of the new mission in Sumatra to the Provost General of Regular Clerics in San Silvestro, Rome.
A VERY EARLY MISSIONARY LETTER FROM THE CATHOLIC MISSION IN SUMATRA IN VERY FRESH CONDITION AND WITH THE ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE EXTREMELY WELL-PRESERVED; MOST ATTRACTIVE AND OPENS UP PERFECTLY FOR DISPLAY.
In the letter, the writer requests his resignation from the mission in Sumatra and states that he intends to board a ship for Madras, wanting to eventually return to Europe. He entrusts the mission to his collaborator Botigni (?) for interim leadership. An extremely rare and historically important letter that bears witness to the difficulty that many missionaries faced in the Far East.
Since the late 17th century, Bengkulu (Bencoolen) was a pepper-trading centre of the British East India Company, which established Fort Marlborough in 1714. In 1785 Bencoolen was incorporated into the British Empire with Sir Stamford Raffles as Lieutenant-Governor, while the rest of the Indonesian archipelago was part of the Dutch East Indies.
Provenance: Harmers of London, March 1992, lot 512 (350 GBP).
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