South India (Tamil),1853
includes letters from: William Drew (secretary, Madras Eastern Committee), Madras - report; minutes; sent his translation of The Cural [Kural] by Tiruvalluvar; need for larger staff at Cuddapah; prospect of snowball effect; discussion among missionaries of divorce by converts John Nimmo, Tripassore...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/South India.Tamil/Incoming correspondence/Box 11 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
4 Jan - 19 Dec 1853 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/South India.Tamil/Incoming correspondence/Box 11 |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
William Drew (secretary, Madras Eastern Committee), Madras - report; minutes; sent his translation of The Cural [Kural] by Tiruvalluvar; need for larger staff at Cuddapah; prospect of snowball effect; discussion among missionaries of divorce by converts
John Nimmo, Tripassore [Tirupattur] - report of Tripassore mission for 1852; Scripture distribution; conversations with Hindus on nature of God; arrangement of work in Tripassore
joint letter from William Drew, William Porter and Frederick Baylis - request for educational missionary
Frederick Baylis, Madras [Chennai] - requests transfer to Travancore;
William Porter, Madras
William Addis, Coimbatore - request for school at Tudialoor
John Lechler, Salem - reports; proposals for continuing work in his requested absence in England
Mrs Lechler [née Rosa Anne Woodman] - asks that husband may return to England; sends curios |
| Extent: |
31 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 |