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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/B/OMS/C I1 E1/47
TitleLetter from Schroeter: 13 January 1817: Titilya
Extent1 doc.
Date1817
DescriptionIn Sep he was posted to Titilya, Captain Latter having asked CMS to establish a mission there for Bhutan; Robertson came with him from Calcutta on the river voyage, where he witnessed native superstitions and ways of life; finds the Bhutan language very difficult, but the absence of caste may be a help with their evangelisation; the Calcutta Committee have raised his salary to 100 sicca rupees per month
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