collection |
SOAS Archive
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id |
CWM.LMS.11.02.03.044
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recordtype |
archive
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scb_item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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scb_loan_type |
Reference only
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scb_order_with |
CWM/LMS/North India.United Provinces/Incoming correspondence/Box 5
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callnumber |
CWM/LMS/11/02/03/044
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callnumber_txt |
CWM/LMS/11/02/03/044
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callnumber-sort |
CWM/LMS/11/02/03/044
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prefix_number |
044
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title |
North India (United Provinces),1863
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scb_date_creation |
3 Jan - 19 Dec 1863
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scb_level |
File
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level_sort |
7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
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scb_extent |
54 items
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format |
Archive
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description |
includes letters from:
Matthew Sherring (secretary, later treasurer), Benares [Varanasi] - returned from stay at Nainital; cancellation of farming lease of East Singrowli [Singrauli]; staffing Singrowli, Robert Mather and catechist; collection (£62) for Madagascar; death of eldest child; lecture on Benares' antiquities; moral fall through drink of babu Ram Chaudra and his recovery and reinstatement; North West Conference of LMS missionaries at Calcutta, question of ordaining Indian pastors; terms of trasfer of East Singrowli to LMS as landlords and collectors
William Blake, Benares - committee votes on expenditures;
William Jones, Almora - accepts post at Singrowli; death of wife and child
Robert Mather (secretary), Singrowli - timidty of people; tigers; revenue collection; started school; local opposition; baptism of a pundit; large congregations; embezzlement by a Christian;
Frederick Bright, Mirzapur - Urdu preaching; printing press; his resignation; birth of child
S R Asbury, Mirzapur - death of Mrs Asbury [née Sarah Bennett]
John Budden, Almora - report of mission since his return; his publications; decision to go to England because of ill health
John Hewlett, Almora - great influence of schools throughout province; bazaar preaching
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scb_access_status |
Open
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language |
English
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language_search |
English
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scb_file_number |
Folder 2
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scb_finding_aids |
A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for Bengal, 1820-1865 (list F7), is available for consultation upon request in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.
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hierarchy_top_id_raw |
CWM
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hierarchy_sequence |
CWM.00LMS.0011.0002.0003.00044
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