South India (Tamil),1840

includes letters from: Sophia Turnbull [née Sophia Delahoy], Madras [Chennai] - on taking charge of girls boarding school Robert Caldwell, Madras Edmund Crisp, Madras William Porter, Vepery - Davidson Street church reopened Alexander Leitch, Chittoor - language study, district visiting, birth of so...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Tamil/Incoming correspondence/Box 8A
Date(s) of creation: 16 Apr - 31 Dec 1840
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Tamil/Incoming correspondence/Box 8A
Summary: includes letters from: Sophia Turnbull [née Sophia Delahoy], Madras [Chennai] - on taking charge of girls boarding school Robert Caldwell, Madras Edmund Crisp, Madras William Porter, Vepery - Davidson Street church reopened Alexander Leitch, Chittoor - language study, district visiting, birth of son John Bilderbeck, Walajapettah [Walajapet] - new buildings at old Arcot; Society for relief of sick; Muslim converts; report Ebenezer Lewis, Coimbatore - Brahmin enquirers William Addis, Coimbatore joint report from Ebenezer Lewis and William Addis, Coimbatore John Hands, Coimbatore - report on visits to LMS stations (secretary) John Nimmo, Combaconum [Kumbakonam] - report George Walton, Salem John Lechler, Salem - marriage to Rosa Anne Woodman, her teaching joint letter from George Walton and John Lechler, Salem - joint appointment to Salem, house for the Lechlers, report
Extent: 19 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 3, Jackets B, C and D
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