South India (Telugu),1831

Scope and Content

includes letters from:

James Dawson, Vizagapatam [Vishakhapatnam] - requests help; translations received; report on mission church & schools; circulation of Scriptures; local missionary society; list of schools

William Howell, Cuddapah - how Christian families support themselves; a brahmin convert married to a pariah girl; revised translation of Genesis etc; idols for LMS museum; answers enquries re condition of Indian Christians; forbidden to preach in jail; European subscribers to mission; schools report; baptisms

Access Information

Open

Other Finding Aids

Detailed list for South India Incoming Correspondence: Telugu, 1817-1863 (list F5), available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.

Archivist's Note

Catalogued