South India (Travancore),1819
includes letters from: Colonel John Munro (outgoing British resident), Quilon - to Richard Knill Richard Knill, Colombo, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] and Madras [later Chennai] - he and Charles Mead had been ill; Travancore promising field but he obliged to return to England on health grounds; report on...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/South India.Travancore/Incoming correspondence/Box 1 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
11 Jan - 12 Nov 1819 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/South India.Travancore/Incoming correspondence/Box 1 |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
Colonel John Munro (outgoing British resident), Quilon - to Richard Knill
Richard Knill, Colombo, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] and Madras [later Chennai] - he and Charles Mead had been ill; Travancore promising field but he obliged to return to England on health grounds; report on missionaries' work in Madras
Charles Mault, Bombay [later Mumbai] and Cochin - arrival, outbreak of cholera, how Christians bore the strain; caste difficulties; new church at Agatesuram; central school to be established at Nagercoil; statement of expenditure of Rajah's gift.
Charles Mead, Nagercoil - applying for government permission to set up printing press; arrival of Thomas Nicholson |
| Extent: |
4 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 1, Jacket B |
| Finding aids: |
A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for Travancore & Ceylon, 1817-1899 (list F6), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. |
| Format: | Archive |