io6 Kenneth S. Latonrette, 



and Glitzlaff, neither of them Americans, visited Bangkok and 

 called attention to its strategic position/-' In the summer of 

 183 1 Abeel and Tonilin spent several months there/-^ and Abeel 

 was there again in 1832.^-'^ The first resident missionary was an 

 American Baptist from Burmah, Rev. John Taylor Jones, who 

 set out for Siam in 1831^^" but was delayed at Singapore and 

 did not reach Bangkok until March, 1833."^ He began work 

 promptly and in the same year baptized four Chinese and opened 

 a school for boys.^^- In June, 1833, Rev. Stephen Johnson and 

 Rev. Robinson left the United States under the American Board 

 and reached Bangkok in 1834 after stopping for a time at 

 Batavia and Singapore. The former spent his time among the 

 Chinese, the latter among the Siamese. ^^^ Rev. William Dean 

 and his wife sailed from America in July, 1834, under the Baptist 

 Board."* Dean was detained for a time at Singapore, where his 

 wife died, and where he himself had a narrow escape from death 

 at the hands of some Malay pirates. ^^^ He reached Bangkok 

 about the middle of 1835. Near this same time, Dr. Bradley of 

 the American Board arrived in the city and began medical prac- 

 tice among the Chinese and Siamese, principally the latter. ^^^ 

 The work of the American Board continued with Johnson in 



Missions in Asia, Europe, and North America. Boston, 1849, p. 188. 

 Ruschenberger estimated the Chinese population at 400,000 ; Voyage 

 Round the World, pp. 310-314. 



^"' Missny. Herald, 26 : 216. 



^"*J. Tomlin, Missionary Journals and Letters Written during Eleven 

 Years Residence and Travel Amongst the Chinese, Siamese, Javanese, 

 Khassis, and other Eastern Nations. London. 1844, pp. 306 et sqq. 



'■"Williamson, Memoir of D. Abeel, p. 104-114. 



''" H. Clay Trumbull, Old Time Student Volunteers, My Memories of 

 Missionaries, New York, 1902, p. 85. 



"' Gammell, Hist, of Am. Bap. Missions, p. 187. 



"■ Ibid. The month that he arrived, a treaty was signed between Siam 

 and the United States which gave greater security to American residents 

 in the country. 



"^ Wylie, Memorials of Prot. Alissionaries, p. 80. 



"'Dean, China Mission, p. 233. Gammell, Hist, of Am. Bap. Missions, 

 p. 190, says September, 1834, but Dean is, of course, to be preferred. 



"^ Dean, China Mission, pp. 233, 97. 



""^ He was molested somewhat by the government. Tracy, Hist, of Am. 

 Bd., p. 257. 



