South India (Canarese),1844

includes letters from: Benjamin Rice, Bangalore - Report; awakened interest among Brahmins; describes Indian teachers and information re girls boarding school for benefit of subscribers; stir against Christianity empties schools; argures principle of concentration in mission work Edmund Crisp, Banga...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Canarese/Incoming correspondence/Box 6
Date(s) of creation: 8 Jan - 23 Dec 1844
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Canarese/Incoming correspondence/Box 6
Summary: includes letters from: Benjamin Rice, Bangalore - Report; awakened interest among Brahmins; describes Indian teachers and information re girls boarding school for benefit of subscribers; stir against Christianity empties schools; argures principle of concentration in mission work Edmund Crisp, Bangalore - Report; list of books in seminary library, wants atlas and maps; autobiographies of students for benefit of subscribers; seminary full with 16 students, suggests enlargement of buildings to take more; needs colleague William Thompson and John Wardlaw, Bellary - printed report; ordination of John Shrieves; native teachers, journals and stories joint report from Joseph Taylor and William Beynon, Belgaum Colin Campbell, Mysore - report; Wesleyan and LMS men touring together James Sewell (secretary), Bellary and Bangalore - Madras Western Committee papers; encouragement relating to higher castes; unity of his work with Benjamin Rice; joining Germans and Wesleyans in revising Canarese [Kannada] Bible John Wardlaw, Bellary William Thompson, Bellary - William Beynon, Belgaum and Bombay - LMS jubilee Joseph Taylor, Belgaum - sending LMS jubilee fund to Madras J A Regel, Bangalore and Hassan [Karnataka] - severance of connection with LMS; new situation Bangalore and Mysore - Madras Committee papers; engages in direct mission work at Mysore joint letters from James Sewell and Benjamin Rice, Bangalore - covering letter for report; need for 2nd tutor at seminary
Extent: 45 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Fldr2,JktC, Fldr3 &Fldr4,A&B
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