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Level	Item
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)	CMS/B/OMS/C I1 E2/47
Title	Letter to the editor from "A Churchman": 14 February 1819: 'Calcutta Journal'
Extent	1 doc.
Date	1819
Description	Approves of Thomason's sermon at the bishop's visitation; feels that the bishop's charge did little to encourage his clergy, and laments the dissensions and unworthy lives among them; bishop approved of missionaries working among the heathen, but thought they would cause divisions if they preached to Christian congregations; writer thinks remedy lies with more devoted work by the official clergy Note by Corrie: Writer a half-caste clerk in one of the public offices; his letter shows their power of expressing their thoughts and feelings [on back of page is letter to the editor from "A Mason" concerning the state of free masons and the masonic lodge in Calcutta]
Access Status	Open

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