South India (Travancore),1841

includes letters from: Charles Mault and James Russell, Nagercoil - report for 1840 Dr Archibald Ramsay, Nagercoil - resigns Martha Mault, Nagercoil - development of work among girls James Russell, Nagercoil - missionaries inadequate because so few; suffers overwork; house burgled, mission money sto...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/South India.Travancore/Incoming correspondence/Box 3
Date(s) of creation: 8 Feb - 22 Dec 1841
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.10.02.05.025
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/South India.Travancore/Incoming correspondence/Box 3
callnumber CWM/LMS/10/02/05/025
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/10/02/05/025
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/10/02/05/025
prefix_number 025
title South India (Travancore),1841
scb_date_creation 8 Feb - 22 Dec 1841
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 40 items
format Archive
description includes letters from: Charles Mault and James Russell, Nagercoil - report for 1840 Dr Archibald Ramsay, Nagercoil - resigns Martha Mault, Nagercoil - development of work among girls James Russell, Nagercoil - missionaries inadequate because so few; suffers overwork; house burgled, mission money stolen; Charles Mault, Nagercoil - death of Charles Miller, successor wanted James Pattison, Nagercoil - on taking over seminary; suggests station between Quilon and Trivandrum [or Thiruvananthapuram] Charles Mead and John Abbs, Neyoor - dissent among missionaries, 'dismissal' of Archibald Ramsay John Abbs, Nagercoil - on slavery in Travancore; case of Archibald Ramsay; injustice, oppression and fraud in Travancore; observations on mission work in India; marriage customes; British officers attending Hindu festival; high caste convert Charles Mead, Neyoor - to Archibald Ramsay, with reply from him; 1841 report John Cox and James Thompson, Quilon - Report for 1840, copies of correspondence with Archibald Ramsay; copies of correspondence and minutes of District Committee; decision of British Resident against Rev F M Briggs holding services in Trivandrum [Thiruvananthapuram] as chaplain James Thompson, Quilon - missionary wanted for Malayalim country; his idea of the kind of woman to be a missionary's wife; report for 1841; James Russell to take charge of seminary. John Cox, Trivandrum - birth of 3rd daughter; report, statistics; statement re: girls school
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 1, Jackets B, C and D
scb_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.
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0010.0002.0005.00025