North India (Bengal),1824

includes letters from: James Hill, Calcutta [Kolkata] Henry Townley, Calcutta - desires mission station in Native Town; provision for missionaries' widows and orphans Micaiah Hill, Berhampore [Baharampur] - Union Chapel, Calcutta work; his work & removal to Berhampore; visits to fair and to Nawa...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/North India.Bengal/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Date(s) of creation: 5 Jan - 18 Nov 1824
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/North India.Bengal/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Summary: includes letters from: James Hill, Calcutta [Kolkata] Henry Townley, Calcutta - desires mission station in Native Town; provision for missionaries' widows and orphans Micaiah Hill, Berhampore [Baharampur] - Union Chapel, Calcutta work; his work & removal to Berhampore; visits to fair and to Nawab; various customs; murder of 2 American missionaries George Mundy, Chinsurah - girls schools; report to government on schools and its reply; transfer of schools to General Committee of Public Instruction; building boat for work; Suttee; schedule; bad fever; his wife's death James Hill, Calcutta - moving to Murshidabad; Tollygunge mission relinquished; building cost of Union Chapel parsonage Joseph Warden, Calcutta - copies of Thomas Tomlin's will (LMS the ultimate beneficiary) Rammohum Roy, Chinsurah - protest to Lord Amherst [William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst] against government grant for Sanskrit college Michael Vos, Chinsurah - appreciation of late Mrs Mundy [née Martha Cobden] joint letter (and undated duplicate) by Samuel Trawin, and Joseph Warden - missionary orphans; advising against sending single women missionaries; death of Mrs Mundy [née Martha Cobden] John Edmonds, Chinsurah
Extent: 21 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 1
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