North India Incoming Correspondence: United Provinces

Incoming correspondence from missionaries in the United Provinces to the London Missionary Society headquarters. The main stations of the mission to the United Provinces [Uttar Pradesh] were Benares [Varanasi] and Mirzapur, with the later addition of Almorah [Almora]. Principal early correspondents...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/North India/United Provinces/Incoming correspondence/Box…etc 1820-1835 Box 1* 1836-1843 Box 2* 1844-1852 Box 3* 1853-1861 Box 4* 1862-1865 Box 5* 1866-1868 Box 6 1869-1871 Box 7 1872-1873 Box 8 1874-1877 Box 9 1878-1880 Box 10 1881-1882 Box 11 1883-1884 Box 12 1885-1887 Box 13 1888-1890 Box 14A 1891-1892 Box 14B 1893-1894 Box 15A 1895-1897 Box 15B 1898-1900 Box 16 1901-1903 Box 17 1904-1905 Box 18 1906-1907 Box 19 1908-1909 Box 20 1910-1912 Box 21 1913-1915 Box 22 1916-1918 Box 23 1919-1920 Box 24 1921-1922 Box 25 1923 Box 26 1924 Box 27 1925-1926 Box 28 1927 Box 29
Date(s) of creation: 1820-1927
Level: Sub-Series
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/North India/United Provinces/Incoming correspondence/Box…etc 1820-1835 Box 1* 1836-1843 Box 2* 1844-1852 Box 3* 1853-1861 Box 4* 1862-1865 Box 5* 1866-1868 Box 6 1869-1871 Box 7 1872-1873 Box 8 1874-1877 Box 9 1878-1880 Box 10 1881-1882 Box 11 1883-1884 Box 12 1885-1887 Box 13 1888-1890 Box 14A 1891-1892 Box 14B 1893-1894 Box 15A 1895-1897 Box 15B 1898-1900 Box 16 1901-1903 Box 17 1904-1905 Box 18 1906-1907 Box 19 1908-1909 Box 20 1910-1912 Box 21 1913-1915 Box 22 1916-1918 Box 23 1919-1920 Box 24 1921-1922 Box 25 1923 Box 26 1924 Box 27 1925-1926 Box 28 1927 Box 29
Summary: Incoming correspondence from missionaries in the United Provinces to the London Missionary Society headquarters. The main stations of the mission to the United Provinces [Uttar Pradesh] were Benares [Varanasi] and Mirzapur, with the later addition of Almorah [Almora]. Principal early correspondents were Matthew Adam, William Buyers, John Shurman [Johann Schurmann]; James Kennedy, Robert Cotton Mather, Matthew Sherring, and John Budden. William Buyers and James Kennedy were married to sisters, Eliza and Margaret Walker. The period includes the events of the Indian Mutiny [Sepoy rebellion], also referred to as "India's First War of Independence", 1857, of which the letters show the effects on the people, mission stations, churches, missionaries and their families.
Extent: 31 boxes
Access status: Open
Language: English
Finding aids: A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for United Provices, 1820-1865 (F7), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.
Format: Archive