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includes letters from:
joint commendation by James Dawson, William Reeve, William Campbell, Robert Jennings and John Smith, Madras of John Bilderbeck as a missionary candidate
Arbuthnot & Co, Madras
William Taylor, Madras - laws unfavourable to Christians; disadvantages of Neilgherry (Nilgiri) Hills as health resort; need of Tamil literature; death of Robert Jennings; life and conversion of Shumsha Nihan subsequently called Isaac David
John Smith, Madras - death of John Adam; printing of Canarese dictionary; death of his wife [née Sarah Marsden]; distribution of Bibles (with printed report of Madras Bible Society)
Robert Jennings, Chittoor - rules re converts
Mrs C Jennings [née Burton] - her husband's death and her plans
Dr J Cruickshank, Bangalore
William Howell, Cuddapah
James Gordon, Chittoor
Edmund Crisp, Combaconam [Kumbakonam] - conversation with a Brahmin; government support of idolatry; his brother Henry's illness and death at Salem; distribution of Scriptures
William Addis, Coimbatore - foundation stone for church laid
Henry Crisp, Salem - new church opened, list of donors; schedules; accounts
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