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LevelSub-series
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC91 O5
TitleAuthority of the Bishop
Extent3 bundles
Date1834-1852
Description/1; Letters and papers relating to relative position of CMS missionaries and Committee and the bishop [including copies of Madras [Chennai] Corresponding Committee minutes and papers 1829; papers received from the family of Bishop Corrie after his death; copies of memoranda, etc 1835-1839].
/2: Correspondence and papers concerning titles of missionaries, differences between English and Colonial forms, difficulties with bishop of Madras [Chennai] and archbishop of Canterbury; includes copies of licence and papers for John Devasagayam 1830, correspondence with bishop of Madras [Chennai] and bishop of Calcutta [Kolkata] (copies), letters from Henry Venn to Tucker 1843-1844 (including 5 Jun 1843 relating to case of Rev W. T. Humphrey, tractarian difficulties in England and reference to new governor of New Zealand [Aotearoa]), covering letter relating to documents from Tucker to Venn [?], 1852.
/3: Copies of correspondence and papers relating to authority of bishop of Madras [Chennai] in Travancore especially relating to licensing of missionaries, but including consecration of church at Allepie.
Access StatusOpen
Physical DescriptionAll original bundles

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