North India (Bengal),1833

includes letters from: George Mundy, Calcutta [Kolkata] and Chinsurah - military occupation of preaching sites; girls school; tracts; published 'Evidences of Christianity'; Sunday school for European children; argument re sin; idols as intercessors George Gogerly (secretary), Calcutta - medical exam...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/North India.Bengal/Incoming correspondence/Box 3
Date(s) of creation: 3 Jan - 16 Dec 1833
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/North India.Bengal/Incoming correspondence/Box 3
Summary: includes letters from: George Mundy, Calcutta [Kolkata] and Chinsurah - military occupation of preaching sites; girls school; tracts; published 'Evidences of Christianity'; Sunday school for European children; argument re sin; idols as intercessors George Gogerly (secretary), Calcutta - medical examination of missionaries; failure of Mackintosh & Co; minutes, resolutions; auxiliary report East India Company - papers re support of idolatry and resulting revenue John Campbell, Madras and Calcutta joint letters from the missionaries, Calcutta (James Hill, George Gogerly, George Mundy, Alphonse Lacroix, Micaiah Hill, William Buyers, James Paterson and John Campbell) - indignant at attack on LMS directors in the Christian Advocate J D Von Streng, Agra - plea for orphan child of Robert Fleming Robert Mather, Calcutta - epidemic; death of James Robertson J A Schurmann, Calcutta James Paterson, Berhampore [Baharampur] - tent preaching list of Bengal missionaries either dead or departed Alphonse Lacroix, Kidderpore - Christian students; tracts; recommends LMS directors to hear Rev George Pearce (Baptist Missionary Society) on his return to London
Extent: 27 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 4
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