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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
CE - Ceylon Mission - 1815-1934
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Series
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)
CMS/B/OMS/C CE E
Title
Early correspondence
Extent
1 file
Date
1815-1820
Description
This series comprises incoming and outgoing correspondence between the Secretaries at headquarters and the missionaries, agents, government officials and others concerned with affairs in Ceylon.
Arrangement
The documents were originally guarded into box files. The board covers carrying the indexes of the Ceylon file have been lost. There is an index of names [marked 'No.3 Ceylon'] for numbers 1-22 only. The remainder of the items have been numbered by the archivist.
Access Status
Open
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