1839 handwritten letter from James L. Melville to Sir Alexander Johnston relaying the Court of Dirctors of the East India Company's decision to approve Johnston's desire to transform a building in Madura into a native school. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 4 pages.
Includes (1) "Appointment by the Duke and Duchess of Somerset of New Trustees under their Grace's Marriage Settlement" [unopened very fragile document]; (2) document relating a court case between members of the Johnston famly in 1892; (3) "Johnston vs. Campbell Johnston", copy of defendants affi...
(1) 1808 letter from Alexander Johnston to English writer and philanthropist Hannah More (1745-1833) about Tamil and Sinhala translations/adaptations of St. Paul's life and of "the sacred dramas," for native audiences in Ceylon. Johnston notes that his depth of experience in Ceylon makes him cer...
Printed document entitled "Legend of the Heart of the Great Marquis of Montrose" written by Alexander Johnston to his daughters. James Graham, the Marquis of Montrose, a maternal ancestror of A.J., was a Scottish Royalist. After his imprisonment and death in 1650, the Marquis' family embalmed hi...
(1) 2pp handwritten notes by Dr. James T. Rutnam; (2) 1837 letter from Sir Alexander Johnston to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Honorable the Court of Directors of the East India Company, regarding the Tamkam house in Madurai; (3) Mss document, "At a Committee of Correspondence, 16th Fe...
Published by the American Ceylon Mission Press at Tellippalai, 1921. Inside cover tp: The one hundred and fourth Annual Report of the Ceylon Mission of the American Board. Table of contents: Foreward, The missionary staff, General view, Educational work, Medical work, Evangelistic work, The miss...
(1) 1954 letter to Dr. James T. Rutnam from R.H.L. Goffin, the Director of the Book Exhibitions Department at the British Museum regarding materials on Sir Alexander Johnston; (2) 1982 schedule of the Church of Angels in Pasadena, California; (3) 1967 letter to Professor T. NadarA.J.a of the Uni...
A brief sketch of the life of Charles Ambrose Lorenz
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Written by M.S. Mahendran & published by the American Ceylon Mission Press at Tellippalai, 1918. Charles Ambrose Lorenz (1829-1871), a Dutch Burgher born in Matara, was a barrister, member of the Ceylon Legislative Council (1856-1864), and chief editor and proprietor of The Ceylon Examiner (...
Includes (1) seven photographs of American missionaries and Green Hospital students [early period]; (2) handwritten notes on American Missionaries; (3) Chandabarkar, G.L. / "Rammohun Roy and Western Education"; (4) photocopy of Pp.38-43 from the book "Instructions to Missionaries"; (5) photocopy...