Two minute books of the Presbytery and Assembly meetings of the Presbyterian Church on the Khasi and Jaintia Hills, together with minutes of the District Committee of the missionaries on the Khasi Hills and copies of letters and statistics, 1869 - 1913.
Khasi and Jaintia Hills Missionary Minute Books
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- Dates of Creation1869 - 1913
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialWelsh, English, and Khasi.
- Physical Description2 items
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Thomas Jones (1810 - 1849), a miller from Berriw, Montgomeryshire was the first Calvinistic Methodist missionary on the Khasi Hills, India and the first to reduce the Khasi tongue to writing.
Several published works are available on the history of the Presbyterian mission in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills e.g. The History of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists' Foreign Mission to the End of the Year 1904 by John Hughes Morris and Gwalia in Khasia by Nigel Jenkins.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and incorporated into the General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts
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Acquisition Information
Presented by Rev. Ednyfed Thomas.
Note
Description compiled by Elen Wyn Hughes, June 2002.
Other Finding Aids
An item level typescript catalogue is available at the Archives Department of the University of Wales Bangor. Reference numbers : General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts 36406 - 36407
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