| Level | Series |
| Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) | CMS/B/OMS/C I3 I |
| Title | Individual letter-books [outgoing] |
| Extent | 2 vols. |
| Date | 1852-1880 |
| Description | From 1826 onwards one of the Secretaries at headquarters had the primary task of writing personal letters to individual missionaries [as distinct from the official letters to the mission secretary]. A series of volumes for these private and confidential letters was used by many of the Secretaries from 1852 to about 1880. Most of the volumes are marked as 'Individual Letter-books' and contain not only personal letters, such as those of condolence or censure, but (for some Secretaries) topics that the individual Secretary had a special interest in.
Christopher Fenn was the last Secretary to be appointed specifically to write these personal letters and he continued the practice until his retirement in 1894. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Related Material | Private letters from Henry Venn and William Gray are to be found in the main letter-book series [/L]. |