South India (General),1816

includes letters from: John Hands, Bellary - societies formed with soldiers (see letters in Jacket A listed below); gospels and tracts translated, printing press needed; new of work and translations; work of Xavier (catechist); state of William Ringeltaube's mission, his successor; requests British...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/10/02/01/016 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.General/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Date(s) of creation: 4 Jan - 11 Oct 1816
Level: File
Format: Archive           

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scb_order_with CWM/LMS/South India.General/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
callnumber CWM/LMS/10/02/01/016
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title South India (General),1816
scb_date_creation 4 Jan - 11 Oct 1816
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description includes letters from: John Hands, Bellary - societies formed with soldiers (see letters in Jacket A listed below); gospels and tracts translated, printing press needed; new of work and translations; work of Xavier (catechist); state of William Ringeltaube's mission, his successor; requests British & Foreign Bible Society help with village schools; welcomes William and Mrs Reeve [née Eliza Cobden]; list of subscribers William Lee, Aska and Madras - leaves Ganjam because of ill-health James Skinner, Bombay Mrs Fyvie [née Charlotte Pratt], Bombay - husband William Fyvie's illness; prospect of work in Surat and India; husband; news of American missionaries's health restored William Loveless, Madras [Chennai] - William Ringeltaube's failing health, copies of letter from him re his health; death of 3 children; William Ringeltaube's resignation; attitude of Colonel Munro (Resident at Travancore); arrival of reinforcements; resolution re Travancore mission Edward Pritchett, Vizagapatam - need of itineration; greater need to get on with translation William Ringeltaube, Colombo and Malacca - mission work in India generally, especially Travancore; his movements and future; the work of William Milne and John Thompson Richard Knill, on board the Moira (Deal, England), at Cape of Good Hope and Madras - resolutions re Travancore William Reeve, on board the Moira William Fyvie, Surat - return to Surat; Lancasterian system [monitorial system of Joseph Lancaster (1778-1838) and Royal Lancasterian Society - later British & Foreign School Society] introduced into school and mission; Baroach and Cambay [Khambhat], important places, should have mission stations John Gordon, Vizagapatam Charles Mead, Madras - charges against him; Tamil studies; work at Black Town chapel Hunter, Hay & Co - location of 12 missionaries arrived William Reeve, Bellary Gordon Hall (American missionary), Bombay soldiers writing to John Hands - Benjamin Dewsnap, Camp near Kinnool - list of subscribers; camp arangements, expressions of piety unspecified - re a sermon by John Hands and the writer's penitience Thomas Brickell, Camp M Thompson, Madras [Chennai] George Thorp, Camp - death of Thomas Brickell annual meeting of Bellary charity school committee list of subscribers to auxiliary missionary society from HM 1st battallion, 84th regiment, 1815
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 3
scb_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.
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