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XCMS - Church Mission Society archive - 1799-2009
B - Overseas Division (initially 'Foreign Division') 1799-1959 - 1803-1959
OMS - Overseas mission series - 1803-1934
I2 - South India mission - 1815-1934
C L - Letter-books [outgoing] - 1820-1884
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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)
CMS/B/OMS/C I2 L5
Title
Letter-book: 23 February 1850 - 4 March 1858: index of names
Extent
1 vol.
Date
1850-1858
Description
Includes letters relating to Indian Mutiny 1857-58; correspondence with bishop of Madras includes reference to North India mission (visitation of Bengal province) 1857. Also includes:
p.12 List of artefacts proposed to be sent to English Royal children by Christians of Tinnevelly 1850;
pp.97-99 Copy of letter from J. M. Strachan, CMS committee member, to Messrs. Walker and Stokes relating to claim by Rev. B. Schmid for CMS pension 1852;
p.281 Circular letter to missionaries in the Travancore mission relating to persecution of converts 1855;
p.364-365 Regulations for schoolmasters sent out by CMS [printed] 1855;
p.430 Copy of resolution of committee 25 Nov 1856 relating to purchase of land in Tinnevelly for endowment of church 1856
Access Status
Open
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