North India (Bengal),1829

includes letters from: Mrs Ray [née Piffard] - forwarding 1st report of Native Female School Society 11th report of auxiliary (BAMS) Alphonse Lacroix, Chinsurah - translation of 'baptism', controversy with Baptists; petition to UK government over widow-burning; his move to Kidderpore; division of di...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/North India.Bengal/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Date(s) of creation: 17 Jan - 29 Dec 1829
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/North India.Bengal/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Summary: includes letters from: Mrs Ray [née Piffard] - forwarding 1st report of Native Female School Society 11th report of auxiliary (BAMS) Alphonse Lacroix, Chinsurah - translation of 'baptism', controversy with Baptists; petition to UK government over widow-burning; his move to Kidderpore; division of district; abolition of Suttee John Pearson, Chinsurah -auxiliary meeting; Lord Bentinck [Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, governor-general] George Gogerly, Calcutta [Kolkata] - sending dictionaries to England; Calcutta Committee minutes; building church at Chinsurah Charles Piffard, Calcutta - controversy on immersion James Hill, Calcutta - sending home 2 alligators' heads; report of Bengal Missionary Society joint report of George Gogerly and John Adam, Calcutta John Thomas James, bishop of Calcutta - type of missionaries suitable for the East William Orme, London - reply to the bishop Dr Vos, Calcutta - medical certificate for Mrs Piffard
Extent: 19 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 4, Jackets B and 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