South India (Tamil),1842

includes letters from: Martin Ware, London - Medical certifiate re Mrs Campbell [née Jane McLerie] Alexander Leitch, Madras [Chennai] - Indian Christians in Madras Robert Caldwell, Tinnevelly [Tirunelveli] - reply to reqest for refund of training cost (£400) from LMS 'An Observer', Madras - critici...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Tamil/Incoming correspondence/Box 8B
Date(s) of creation: 13 Jan - 31 Dec 1842
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Tamil/Incoming correspondence/Box 8B
Summary: includes letters from: Martin Ware, London - Medical certifiate re Mrs Campbell [née Jane McLerie] Alexander Leitch, Madras [Chennai] - Indian Christians in Madras Robert Caldwell, Tinnevelly [Tirunelveli] - reply to reqest for refund of training cost (£400) from LMS 'An Observer', Madras - criticism of LMS missionaries J A Regel, Madras joint letter from John Smith, John Wardlaw and John Whitehouse, Madras John Smith, Madras - LMS work in Madras, suitable buildings needed, Indian teachers' support, better location for Chicacole [Srikakulam] station sought John Bilderbeck, Walajapettah [Walajapet] - property transaction John Nimmo, Combaconum [Kumbakonam] - report Ebenezer Lewis, Coimbatore - a tour; letter from a convert; Mrs Lewis [née Emily Griffiths] asks help for orphanage William Addis, Coimbatore - chapel building; copies of property documents; subscription for Indian teachers; his residence too far from town; journal extracts; subscriptions from Whitby [Yorkshire, England] and elsewhere for wife's school; education of LMS missionaries' children greater burden than for other Societies joint report by William Addis and Ebenezer Lewis on Indian teachers employed in Coimbatore district; Mrs Addis [née Susanna Emelia Van Someren], Coimbatore - female charity school account; receipt of special subscription John Lechler, Salem - Indian teachers; Readers transferred; new school at Ahtoor [?Attur]; two teachers dismissed; purchase of land in hills; journal extracts; report
Extent: 29 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 5
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