South India (Tamil),1845

includes letters from: Alexander Leitch (corresponding secretary, Madras Eastern Committee), Madras [Chennai] - resolutions; his work; baptism and death of a native convert; minutes; report, Native Agents' reports; Pursewaukum [Purasawalkam] schoool report Ebenezer Lewis, Madras - medical certifica...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Tamil/Incoming correspondence/Box 9
Date(s) of creation: 20 Jan - 31 Dec 1845
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Tamil/Incoming correspondence/Box 9
Summary: includes letters from: Alexander Leitch (corresponding secretary, Madras Eastern Committee), Madras [Chennai] - resolutions; his work; baptism and death of a native convert; minutes; report, Native Agents' reports; Pursewaukum [Purasawalkam] schoool report Ebenezer Lewis, Madras - medical certificate for Mrs Lewis [née Emily Griffiths] to return to England for 2 years William Porter (secretary), Madras - Jubilee fund joint letters from Alexander Leitch, Ebenezer Lewis and William Porter, Madras - pressing for better educational facilities in Madras; purchase of property in Madras; and from Alexander Leitch, Ebenezer Lewis describing catechists etc Mrs Porter [née Anne Bowmar], Madras - enclosed description of female education in India Joseph V S Taylor, Bombay John Nimmo, Combaconum [Kumbakonam] - reports Mrs Addis [née Susanna Emelia Van Someren], Coimbatore - girls school finances William Addis, Coimbatore - reports; destruction of LMS property; request for books for students; girls school report, its condition; training teachers John Lechler, Salem - enclosed report from wife [née Rosa Anne Woodman] on orphan girls school and children supported by friends in England; his trials and hopes
Extent: 36 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folders 3 and 4
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