South India (Travancore),1831

includes letters from: Charles Mault, Nagercoil - William Harris, off Cape de-Verde [Cape Verde], Bombay and Quilon William Miller, Nagercoil - opposition from upper classes; low standard of Christian living; deaths of Robert Jennings and Henry Crisp; journal extracts; District Committee decided he...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Travancore/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 2 Jan - 15 Dec 1831
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Travancore/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Summary: includes letters from: Charles Mault, Nagercoil - William Harris, off Cape de-Verde [Cape Verde], Bombay and Quilon William Miller, Nagercoil - opposition from upper classes; low standard of Christian living; deaths of Robert Jennings and Henry Crisp; journal extracts; District Committee decided he should be stationed at Nagercoil; Government refused permission to start mission at Coolatory; failure to start stations between Neyoor [Neyyoor] and Trivandrum [Thiruvananthapuram]; removed from Quilon to Neyyoor; his marriage to Sophia Eusebia Horst Charles Mead, Neyoor - pencil sketch of the idol Sattan; certain images abandoned by converts to be sent to London; extract from Edward Parsons ' journal James Thompson, Quilon and Madras - his wife [née Margaret Johnston]'s health; description of premises proposed to buy at Quilon Charles Mault and James Thompson - joint statement of Travancore mission half-yearly reports
Extent: 27 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 5
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