South India (Tamil),1841

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...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/10/02/04/025 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Tamil/Incoming correspondence/Box 8B
Date(s) of creation: 12 Jan - 31 Dec 1841
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.10.02.04.025
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/South India.Tamil/Incoming correspondence/Box 8B
callnumber CWM/LMS/10/02/04/025
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/10/02/04/025
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/10/02/04/025
prefix_number 025
title South India (Tamil),1841
scb_date_creation 12 Jan - 31 Dec 1841
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 29 items
format Archive
description 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
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 4
scb_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.
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0010.0002.0004.00025

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