South India (Telugu),1827

Scope and Content

includes letters from:

joint letters from John Gordon and James Dawson, Vizagapatam - LMS printed return with 3 papers attached

William Howell, Cuddapah - report; chapel completed; report of deputation [Daniel Tyerman and George Bennett]; school room built; describes hook-swinging festival; acknowledges bell for chapel, medicines etc; communicants list; requests new missionary; translation; population census; converts to retain old names after baptism; journal extracts

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

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