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includes letters from:
Alexander Leitch, Madras [Chennai] - report
John Smith (financial secretary), Madras - boarding school opened at Pursewaukum [Purasawalkam], report enclosed; Madanapillay [Madanapalle] chosen for new Telugu station; patronage of idolatry to be abolished
William Porter (secretary), Madras - enclosed committee letters, minutes and resolutions, explained; ordination of Richard Johnston and William Dawson
joint letters from Alexander Leitch and William Porter, Madras - presumed death of John Smith; reinforcements needed; funeral sermon preached for John Smith, subscription for family
John Nimmo, Combaconum [Kumbakonam] - report
William Addis, Coimbatore - reports; attitudes to Christianity; regulations need revision; transfer of Ebenezer Lewis
Ebenezer Lewis, Coimbatore and Shevaroy Hills - itinerating experiences; requests transfer
John Lechler, Salem - suggests Ebenezer Lewis join him; schools need more money; European residents who little sympathy; baptisms; role of Readers; pressure from Society for Promoting Female Education in the East; teacher training
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