South India (Canarese),1841

includes letters from: Joseph Taylor, Bellary - details of death of John Reid and a last letter from him Benjamin Rice, Neilgherry [Nilgiri] Hills -preparation of school books William Thompson, Bellary Bennington Paine, Bellary - printing press has done well with an Indian in charge William Beynon,...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Canarese/Incoming correspondence/Box 5A
Date(s) of creation: 20 Jan - 27 Dec 1841
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Canarese/Incoming correspondence/Box 5A
Summary: includes letters from: Joseph Taylor, Bellary - details of death of John Reid and a last letter from him Benjamin Rice, Neilgherry [Nilgiri] Hills -preparation of school books William Thompson, Bellary Bennington Paine, Bellary - printing press has done well with an Indian in charge William Beynon, Belgaum - holding youth classes; money raised locally needed there; opening new church Colin Campbell, Mysore - new building in the Pettah useful; report James Sewell, Bangalore - buying school building with LMS help; appointed secretary; enclosures relating to John Bilderbeck and William Howell; plan of mission grounds at Salem Edmund Crisp (secretary), Bangalore - Madras Committee correspondence and resolutions; vindication, after enquiry, of George Walton; copy of Robert Caldwell's letter of resignation; seminary beginning well with Tamil students only; death of George Walton; copy of Robert Caldwell's article on baptism, committee votes and views on this; 9 students in seminary, must shortly build classrooms, description of seminary and its work J A Regel, Ootacamund [Udagamandalam] - Mrs Sewell [née Charlotte Hitchcock], Neilgherry [Nilgiri] Hills - girls schools Charles Miller, Bangalore
Extent: 55 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folders 1, 2 and 3
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