South India (Tamil),1844

includes letters from: William Porter (secretary), Madras [Chennai] - enclosed committee letters, minutes and resolutions; arrival of John Hay, death of his wife [née Lucy Cecil]; LMS Jubilee services; report on English department Alexander Leitch (corresponding secretary, Madras Eastern Committee),...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Tamil/Incoming correspondence/Box 9
Date(s) of creation: 22 Jan - 23 Nov 1844
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Tamil/Incoming correspondence/Box 9
Summary: includes letters from: William Porter (secretary), Madras [Chennai] - enclosed committee letters, minutes and resolutions; arrival of John Hay, death of his wife [née Lucy Cecil]; LMS Jubilee services; report on English department Alexander Leitch (corresponding secretary, Madras Eastern Committee), Madras - minutes report, Native Agents' reports Ebenezer Lewis, Madras Mrs Porter [née Anne Bowmar], Madras - condition of Hindu women and girls; report on girl supported by Mr Kendall; LMS Jubilee fund William Thompson, Madras - Type etc needed by Bellary printing press joint letter from Alexander Leitch and Ebenezer Lewis, Madras - describes visit to Conjeveram [Kanchipuram] festival John Nimmo, Combaconum [Kumbakonam] - report on Indian teachers and Readers; a teacher's dismissal; why 'George Taylor' chapel not yet built Mrs Addis [née Susanna Emelia Van Someren], Coimbatore - girls school finances William Addis, Coimbatore - reports; transfer of Ebenezer Lewis; Indian teachers; description and sketch of Coimbatore district; Jubilee fund; superintendance of Indian workers John Lechler, Madras and Salem - report; cholera; history of Salem Mission Mrs Lechler [née Rosa Anne Woodman], Salem - re Native Philanthropic Society
Extent: 34 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folders 1 and 2
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