North India (Bengal),1818
includes letters from: Henry Townley, Calcutta [Kolkata] - need for more missionaries, printer and press; finance of school and Union Chapel; death of Robert May; plan of Calcutta School Society; sending idols to England for LMS museum James Keith, Calcutta - formation of Bengal auxiliary missionary...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/North India.Bengal/Incoming correspondence/Box 1A |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
January 1818 - 2 Nov 1818 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/North India.Bengal/Incoming correspondence/Box 1A |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
Henry Townley, Calcutta [Kolkata] - need for more missionaries, printer and press; finance of school and Union Chapel; death of Robert May; plan of Calcutta School Society; sending idols to England for LMS museum
James Keith, Calcutta - formation of Bengal auxiliary missionary society [BAMS]; epidemic, Hindu beliefs thereon
John Pearson, Chinsurah - work generally; BAMS; government ask him to take charge of Dutch Church; National [Anglican] school founded in Calcutta
joint letter by Henry Townley and James Keith, Calcutta - finance of BAMS; death of Robert May
Mackintosh & Co, Calcutta - become agents for LMS
Samuel Trawin, Cape Town |
| Extent: |
12 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 2, Jacket C |
| Finding aids: |
A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for Bengal, 1800-1838 (list F1), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. |
| Format: | Archive |