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includes letters from:
John Hands, Madras - death of John Reid; arrangements for Hands' return to England
William Drew, Dartmouth - urging LMS directors to send 2 missionaries to Madras as soon as possible; review of his 7 years work there
William Thompson, Madras
Sophia Turnbull [née Sophia Delahoy], Madras [Chennai] - girls school; day school for Indian girls to start in Pursewaukum [Purasawalkam]
Robert Caldwell, Madras - resignation from LMS
Edmund Crisp, Madras
William Porter, Vepery - Davidson Street church reopened
Alexander Leitch, Chittoor and Madras - removal from Chittoor to succeed Robert Caldwell at Davidson Street church
John Bilderbeck, Madras - resignation from LMS
J Symonds - applies for mission work
William Porter, Madras - Mrs Porter [née Anne Bowmar]'s female boarding school
John Smith, London - finance, improved health
Jessie Bilderbeck [née Dunhill] - John Bilderbeck ill and absent from station; enclosed letter from him
John Bilderbeck, Walajapettah [Walajapet] and Arcot - re treatment of European and East Indian missions; his ill health and absence from station
John Nimmo, Combaconum [Kumbakonam] - report
William Addis, Coimbatore - dispute with John Lechler; female boarding school; Ebenezer and Mrs Lewis [née Emily Griffiths] on sick leave in hills; movement in India rather towards infidelity than Christianity; value of preaching (versus teaching)
Mrs Lewis, Coimbatore - re female orphan asylum
Mrs Addis [née Susanna Emelia Van Someren] - received £20 for female education
joint report from Ebenezer Lewis and William Addis, Coimbatore
Mrs Lechler [née Rosa Anne Woodman], Salem - reply to LMS directors' criticism of her marriage
Coimbatore - report on visits to LMS stations (secretary)
John Lechler, Salem - death of George Walton; plea for financial help; report
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