Description | Blind from the age of 10: Tinnevelly: Anglo-Vernacular (Native-English) School, Palamcotta 1844-1870; Madras 1870-1874; Panamallee 1875 /1-2 Letters 1847, 1867; /3 Letter to secretary of Corresponding Committee 1874;
/4-7 Reports 1856-59 [very detailed: always includes sections on zemindars, also conversions] including: /4 N.[ative] E.[nglish] School, Palamcotta annual return 1856: gives name of scholar, caste, age, length of time in school, subjects of study (including names of books); /6 Includes references to caste riot at Tinnevelly 1858;
/8-17 Annual letters for 1855, 1867-71, 1873-75 including: /8 Includes list of books studied 1855; /12 Includes comments relating to local committees, also proposed college for Tinnevelly mission 1869; /14 Comments on changes in Madras during his 27 years absence 1871; also opening of Tondiarpett School 1871; /17 Includes references to evangelistic tour by Rev. Sholto Douglas 1875;
/18 Report on conversions at Palamcotta Native-English School 1844-67, 1868; /19-20 Questions and answers at school examination 1846 |