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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP835/2/2
Title:: Notebook Fragment, c. 1837
Scope & Content:: This file consists of sundry mission reports such as baptismal records, marriages, admissions to the church, etc., retranscriptions of important events, and several floor plans. It also includes a fragment of Tamil and English versions of a church convenant presumably to be repeated by converts. ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1837-1838
Extent:: 70 TIFF files

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP835/2/3
Title:: Chavagacherry 1836-1859
Scope & Content:: This file contains typical records from the mission station Chavagacherry. According to Bate's finding aid, it may be a transcription of earlier records. Issues discussed include admissions, appointments, baptisms, transfers, deaths, and issues within the congregation. Some records are signed by ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1836-1859
Extent:: 108 TIFF files

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP835/2/4
Title:: Diary Fragment, 1836-1838
Scope & Content:: This file describes church admissions, schools, the printing press, religious vocations, mission meetings, and funds of the mission. The writer mentions Samuel Hutchings (1806-1895), Benjamin Meigs (1789-1862), M.D. Sanders (?-?), and Miron Winslow (1789-1864) in his reports.Physical characteris...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1836-1838
Extent:: 84 TIFF files

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP835/2/5
Title:: Letters to B. Meigs from H. Hill, 1825-1838
Scope & Content:: This file consists of letters from Henry Hill (?-?), Treasurer of the A.B.C.F.M., addressed to Miron Winslow and Benjamin Meigs. These letters, sent from India, London, and Boston, concern funds for the ACM in the form of payments and donations for supplies and for Tamil children to attend school.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1825-1838
Extent:: 68 TIFF files

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP835/2/6
Title:: Report of the Church at Tellipally, July 1st 1843
Scope & Content:: This report focuses on the author's concern regarding lack of new admissions, lack of conversions, difficulty of "maintaining" Christians. It also records communions, baptisms, and marriages at the church.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1843
Extent:: 14 TIFF files

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP835/2/7
Title:: Report Fragments, 1851-1855
Scope & Content:: This file consists of three tabular sheets and one eight-page report: a. Chavagacherry, Ecclesiastical and Educational Returns, 1851; b. Panditeripo, Ecclesiastical and Educational Returns, 1851; c. Oodooville, Ecclesiastical and Educational Returns, 1851; d. "Programme of Results of Preaching an...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1816-1855
Extent:: 18 TIFF files

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP835/2/8
Title:: Sundry Reports, 1855-1866
Scope & Content:: This file contains reports on the process of ordaination for Ceylonese preachers, certificates of ordination, and license to preach. It also contains detailed data relating to the ACM's printing establishment, with tract-by-tract descriptions by Levi Spaulding (1791-1873), and information on clas...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1855-1866
Extent:: 356 TIFF files

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP835/2/9
Title:: Letterbook Fragment, 1858-1866
Scope & Content:: This file contains copies of letters sent from E.P. Hastings (?-1890) to Rufus Anderson (1796-1880), Secretary of the ABCFM. These letters refer to ACM business and concerns such as methods for village schools, the uses of the Native Evangelical Society in Jaffna, and financial burdens as well as...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1858-1866
Extent:: 224 TIFF files

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP835/3/1
Title:: Religious Tract Society 1841
Scope & Content:: This file contains 95 tracts published by various American Ceylon Mission-affiliated presses in Jaffna between 1841 and 1891. The tracts range from four to over 30 pages, and discuss various topics including caste, Catholicism, Christian morality, Hinduism, jewelry, motherhood, etc. Several are ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1841-1891
Extent:: 1339 TIFF files

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP835/3/2
Title:: List of Parishes and Villages showing Udayarships, Vidanships, etc., with a note of Dutch Parish Churches, a return of other Christian Churches, Old Dutch Forts and Buildings. 1895
Scope & Content:: This 1895 manuscript file provides lists of administrative positions (village headman, udayars, and vidaiyars) for each village and parish in the Jaffna province, described as: "List of Villages showing the number of Headmen, Police Vidahns, Division Officers and Enquiries into sudden deaths with...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Tamil
Date Range:: 1884-1895
Extent:: 296 TIFF files

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