io6 Kenneth S. Latourette, 



and Giitzlaff, neither of them Americans, visited Bangkok and 

 called attention to its strategic position. 127 In the summer of 

 1831 Abeel and Tomlin spent several months there, 128 and Abeel 

 was there again in 1832. 129 The first resident missionary was an 

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

 set out for Siam in i83i 130 but was delayed at Singapore and 

 did not reach Bangkok until March, 1833. 131 He began work 

 promptly and in the same year baptized four Chinese and opened 

 a school for boys. 132 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. 133 Rev. William Dean 

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

 Board. 134 Dean was detained for a time at Singapore, wh?re his 

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

 at the hands of some Malay pirates. 135 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. 136 

 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. 



127 Missny. Herald, 26 : 216. 



128 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. 



129 Williamson, Memoir of D. Abeel, p. 104-114. 



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

 Missionaries, New York, 1902, p. 85. 



131 Gammell, Hist, of Am. Bap. Missions, p. 187. 



132 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. 



133 Wylie, Memorials of Prot. Missionaries, p. 80. 



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

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



135 Dean, China Mission, pp. 233, 97. 



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

 Bd., p. 257- 



