South India (Tamil),1848

includes letters from: William Drew (secretary, Madras Eastern Committee), Madras [Chennai] - Tamil students moved from Bangalore to Madras, proposed seminary; urgent need of educational missionary; accounts; minutes; report Mrs Porter [née Anne Bowmar], Madras - girls school report William Porter,...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/10/02/04/032 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Tamil/Incoming correspondence/Box 10
Date(s) of creation: 1 Jan - 29 Dec 1848
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Tamil/Incoming correspondence/Box 10
Summary: includes letters from: William Drew (secretary, Madras Eastern Committee), Madras [Chennai] - Tamil students moved from Bangalore to Madras, proposed seminary; urgent need of educational missionary; accounts; minutes; report Mrs Porter [née Anne Bowmar], Madras - girls school report William Porter, Madras - pastor's fund, Davidson's Street P L Carstairs, Madras John Nimmo, Combaconum [Kumbakonam] - report; no students to send to Bangalore; caste prevails William Addis, Coimbatore - sending men to seminary in Bangalore; reports; magic lantern; death of Indian teacher from (prevalent) cholera; need to provide for dependents of Indian teachers; list of Indian teachers; horseback tour; Catholicism and caste Mrs Addis [née Susanna Emelia Van Someren], Coimbatore - girls school support John Lechler, Salem - report; 30 baptisms; annual meetings Bible and Tract Societies; savings bank; trade school for boys Mrs Lechler [née Rosa Anne Woodman], Salem - describes Indian children (at school); LMS's difficulties; refusal to bury European drunkard
Extent: 37 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 1
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           

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