"My experiences in the London Missions Salem District, 1853-1918, by S. J. Simpson, Evangelist"

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  • Reference
    • GB 102 CWML MSS/227
  • Dates of Creation
    • n.d.
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 vol

Scope and Content

Manuscript account, which begins "The object of this little book is to give a short account of the work of the London Mission [London Missionary Society] in the Salem District so far I knew it, since the times of the late Revd J. M. Lechler. Though it is short yet it contains the writer's experiences which the missionaries have done in this district." Includes photograph of S. J. Simpson, and printed piece entitled 'School of Industry in Connection with the Salem Mission, East Indies', by J. M. Lechler, Missionary at Salem, 4 Sep 1854, with engraving of the Mission Church at Salem, Madras Presidency.

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Custodial History

Received by the London Missionary Society, Nov 1919.