South India (Canarese),1831

includes letters from: Samuel Flavel, Bellary - his life and call to Christian work; requests ordination, assistance and salary increase John Reid, Madras [Chennai] and Bellary - supplements his report; note on Samuel Flavel, describes conversion and death of Alexander, a teacher; prison-visiting st...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Canarese/Incoming correspondence/Box 3
Date(s) of creation: 10 Jan - 28 Nov 1831
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Canarese/Incoming correspondence/Box 3
Summary: includes letters from: Samuel Flavel, Bellary - his life and call to Christian work; requests ordination, assistance and salary increase John Reid, Madras [Chennai] and Bellary - supplements his report; note on Samuel Flavel, describes conversion and death of Alexander, a teacher; prison-visiting stopped; tract distribution to Brahmins; giving up village schools; printing press; tour with George Walton Joseph Taylor, Belgaum - responds to LMS directors' admonitions; correspondence re using 'coolies' [term from original source, indentured/contract labourers] to draw Hindu procession cars [floats] Joseph Taylor and William Beynon, Belgaum - answering LMS directors' questions about eligibility of Indian Christians for civil posts William Campbell, Bangalore - differences between British-born and Indian-born missionaries; the Nilgiri Hills William Reeve, Bangalore - printing Carnatura-English dictionary; portion of a letter to John Hands; Canarese [Kannada] Scriptures nearly finished John Hands, at sea and Madras [Chennai]
Extent: 18 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 2
Finding aids: Detailed list for South India Incoming Correspondence: Canarese, 1817-1857 (list F3), available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.
Format: Archive