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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/B/OMS/C I1 O177
TitleLeupolt, Rev. Charles Benjamin
Extent169 docs.
Date1832-1872
DescriptionBenares 1836-1872
/1-99 Letters 1832, 1836, 1839-1840, 1842, 1844-1852, 1854-1858, 1861-1869, 1872 including:
/4 Includes note from J. H. Pratt (nephew of Jowett) 1839;
/6 Relates to Sophia Knorpp [daughter of Rev. Charles Knorpp] 1840;
/20, 26 Includes reference to Charlie Knorpp [aged 10] 1847;
/20, 23, 29, 34, 40 Relate Sophia Knorpp 1847-1850;
/28 Relates to Mr. Hubner 1848;
/43 Includes report 1851;
/44, 47 Relate to John Mackay and sister's treatment of Mackay's children (both indicted for manslaughter) 1851-1852;
/47 Relates to position of missionaries in local connexion and European catechists [last page carries on from /160] 1852;
/54-55, 58-59 Relate to mutiny 1857-1858;
/59 Relates to death of Martha Jane Leupolt; also possibilities of starting Oudh mission 1858;
/61 Includes account of Cawnpore massacre of 1857; visit to Lucknow; formation of Oudh CM Association 1858;
/62 Relates to proposed training institution 1861;
/64 Includes note by Mrs. Jane C. Leupolt 1861;
/68-69 Includes account of college expenses [detailed] 1861-1862;
/73 Includes reference to Dr. Colenso 1863;
/94 Includes reference to William Hooper and ritualists 1868;

/100-117 Letters to secretary of Corresponding Committee 1835, 1861-1864, 1867-1871including:
/101 Includes journal Aug 1861;
/102 Includes journal extract Nov 1862;

/118-147 Journals and journal extracts 1833-1836, 1845-1856, 1863-1872, as follows:
Dec 1833; 1834-1836; Oct-Dec 1845; Jan-Mar 1846; 1847-1848; Jan-May 1849; Apr, Jul-Dec 1850; Jul-Sep 1851; Jan-Jun 1853; Jan-Feb, Dec 1855; Jan-Feb 1856; Feb-Mar 1863; Jan 1865; Dec 1868; Jan-Feb, Dec 1869; Jan-Mar 1870; Nov-Dec 1871; Jan 1872; these include:
/122 With plan and elevation of chapel at Benares 1855;
/142 Describes visit to SPG missions at Tanjore and Trichinopoly and the American mission at Madura, Jan 1865; describes visit to temple of Minachi at Madura 31 Jan 1865; also Tinnevelly district, Palamcotta, Paneivillei, Nazareth, Mangnanapuram, London Missionary Society missions in Travancore, Neyoor, Trivandrum, Cottayam, Mangalore, Tillicheri and Madras 1865;

/148 Report 1847;
/149-159 Annual letters for 1855-1856, 1861-1864, 1867, 1869-1871;
/160 Letter to Mr. Cobb [see /147]: includes list of books needed for school 1852;
/161 Letter to Rev. E. C. Stuart relating to Rev. D. Mohun 1872;

/162-167 Letters to H. C. Tucker 1862, 1864 including:
/162 With prospectus of Benares CM College 1862;
/163 Prospectus for building church and parsonage in Benares 1862;
/166 Letter to H. C. Tucker and bishop of Norwich 1864;
/167 Note from bishop of Norwich to H. Venn [relating to /166] 1864;

/168 Origin and progress of Gorakhpur mission 1841;
/169 List of girls sent from Benares CM Normal School as teachers 1871
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