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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/B/OMS/C I2 O100
TitleFox, Rev. Henry Watson
Extent6 docs.
Date1841-1846
DescriptionTelegu: Vizagapatam 1842; Masulipatam 1844-1845
/1-4 Letters 1841-42, 1846 including:
/1 Includes reference to Madeira with account of work by Dr. Kelly, physician and Protestant missionary to Roman Catholics 1841;
/2 Relating to voyage including comments on outfit 1841;
/3 Encloses journal extracts with accounts of 1) marriages; 2) "communications with natives" 23 May - 22 Jun 1842;

/5-6 Journals including detailed description of Hindu festivals (with some sketches) and beliefs: 15 Oct 1844 - 11 Jul 1845:
/5 15 Oct 1844 - 16 Jan 1845: includes visit to Goodoor and Peddanah; 27 Dec 1844: account of hook-swinging at Peddanah;
/6 28 Feb - 11 Jul 1845: includes visit to Golapalim, Narsapore, Samuldivy; 22 Apr 1845: ceremony for laying down a new ship (at Narsapore)
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