South India (Tamil),1824

Scope and Content

includes letters from:

James Massie, Madras [Chennai] - death of his wife [née Mary Agnis]; tour of South India; LMS annual meeting in Madras

Arbuthnot & Co; charges against William Reeve (Bellary); ordinaton of William Howell

Cornelius Traveller, Madras - Pursewaukum [Purasawalkam] church and ground

William Taylor, Cape Town and Madras - conversion, baptism and trials of Appavoo; Hindu beliefs and practices

Edmund Crisp, Madras - cholera

Access Information

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Other Finding Aids

A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for the Tamil area, 1817-1860 (list F4), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.

Archivist's Note

Catalogued