South India (General),1811

includes letters from: Dr John Taylor, Bombay J P Rottler, Madras - appointed by government to Black Town chapel, Madras John Thompson, Cape Town, Isle of France [Mauritius] and Calcutta; description of Madagascar John Hunter, Madras William Loveless, Madras - work in Surat suspended; death of 3 chi...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.General/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 15 Jan - 19 Dec 1811
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.General/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Summary: includes letters from: Dr John Taylor, Bombay J P Rottler, Madras - appointed by government to Black Town chapel, Madras John Thompson, Cape Town, Isle of France [Mauritius] and Calcutta; description of Madagascar John Hunter, Madras William Loveless, Madras - work in Surat suspended; death of 3 children; new church opened at Black Town London, copy of letter from LMS to Augustus Des Granges, John Gordon and William Lee John Hands, Bellary William Lee and John Gordon, Vizagapatam; rough translation of New Testament and Genesis; birth of son to Mrs Lee; Edward Pritchett's marriage; Mauritius as a mission field Joseph Taylor, Madras - offers for missionary service, personal statement copy of letter from LMS directors, London - John Hands to transfer to Surat, William Loveless to work with him Edward Pritchett, Calcutta and Serampore - left Rangoon, unwise to send more missionaries to Burma; language study draft letters to William Lee and John Gordon and to William Loveless on the death of Augustus Des Granges William Oliver, Camp Narinda - a soldier writes to John Hands draft of a letter to Messrs Lovelace [Loveless], Hands and Spratt [George Spratt]
Extent: 26 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Fldr2,JktD & Fldr3,JktsA,B,C
Finding aids: Detailed list for South India Incoming Correspondence: General, 1817-1816 (list F2), available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.
Format: Archive