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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/B/OMS/C I2 E3/41
TitleLetter from Fenn to Thompson: 18 December 1818: Cottayam
Extent1 doc.
Date1818
DescriptionSends report; the meeting has promoted unity among Syrians but Catholics are circulating reports that the Syrian Church and religion are about to be overthrown; have devised plan for support of catanars' school and hospitals by monthly contributions from every Syrian family; Resident has secured for the rani monthly allowance for hospital at Cottayam; saw Mr. Robinson on his way from Bombay to Calcutta, who suggested a school at Cochin for teaching Hebrew to the Jews (whose Hebraic learning is declining) with Moses Sarphatty as headmaster; is anxious about his books and other luggage, some said to be damaged [copy].
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