South India (Travancore),1830

includes letters from: Charles Mault, Nagercoil - forwarding statements by Readers William Addis, Nagercoil - devotee's 3 foot [90cm] wide iron collar described joint letter of Charles Mault and William Addis, Nagercoil - printing press Mrs Mault [née Martha Mead], Nagercoil - expeirience of girls'...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Travancore/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 12 Jan - 29 Oct 1830
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Travancore/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Summary: includes letters from: Charles Mault, Nagercoil - forwarding statements by Readers William Addis, Nagercoil - devotee's 3 foot [90cm] wide iron collar described joint letter of Charles Mault and William Addis, Nagercoil - printing press Mrs Mault [née Martha Mead], Nagercoil - expeirience of girls' education in Travancore; proposed method to free girls from slavery joint letter of Charles Mead, Charles Mault and William Addis - comment on Directors' letters; oppose decision on seminary; reason for District Committee decision that William Addis go to Coimbatore Charles Mead, Neyoor - less persecution of Christians; attitude of Rajah's father and of British government. British Resident expected in Trivandrum [Thiruvananthapuram] William Miller, Quilon - visit of Archdeacon Robinson to India; relations with Catholics; contrast between work at Quilon and at Nagercoil; hopes to marry Sophia Eusebia Horst; extracts from journal James Thompson, Kotergherry [Kotagiri] Hills - wife's health; describes a Hindu funeral's rites half-yearly reports correspondence about Readers and extracts from their journals
Extent: 27 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 4
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