South India (Tamil),1838

includes letters from: William Drew, (secretary), Madras - district committee minutes and correspondence; death of wife [née Anna Sheridan] and 2 children; enclosed printed circulars re erection of new mission house at Madras [Chennai], subscription list and on Idolatry, obituary notice for Mrs Drew...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Tamil/Incoming correspondence/Box 8A
Date(s) of creation: 15 Jan - 22 Dec 1838
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Tamil/Incoming correspondence/Box 8A
Summary: includes letters from: William Drew, (secretary), Madras - district committee minutes and correspondence; death of wife [née Anna Sheridan] and 2 children; enclosed printed circulars re erection of new mission house at Madras [Chennai], subscription list and on Idolatry, obituary notice for Mrs Drew John Smith, Madras and Ootacamund [Udagamandalam] - Congregational School for missionaries' boys started at Madras, prospectus, master needed; Smith ordered to hills for health; report of English department and Free School accounts Robert Caldwell, Madras John Lumb, Madras John Bilderbeck, Chittoor - information concerning Readers; report; Indian teachers' pay John Nimmo, Combaconum [Kumbakonam] - fesitval of Mahamahum; journal extracts William Addis, Coimbatore - requests duplicating machine; report of Coimbatore mission George Walton, Salem - extracts from Indian teachers' journals
Extent: 33 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folders 1 and 2
Finding aids: A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for the Tamil area, 1817-1860 (list F4), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.
Format: Archive