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From: "geoff" <>
Subject: [India-L] Church of Scotland Calcutta St Andrews Church
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 23:09:20 +1000

This message was posted to another list by a nephew doing the same search as
me. Maybe an India-L lister can help.

Geoff Macwhirter Melbourne Australia

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> A letter written by my ggg-grandfather, Dr John Macwhirter, in 1848 is
held
> in
> the National Library in Edinburgh. In this he states that he was the first
> elder
> of the Established Church of Scotland in Calcutta in 1814. Some recent
> research in Calcutta has confirmed this & that he was very involved in
> setting
> up St Andrew's Church in that city ( the Church of Scotland was already
> operating
> in Bombay & Madras at this time).
>
> Am wondering whether the Church of Scotland has any centralised archives &
> if so,
> where they are held.
>
> Thanks for any information.
>
> Philip Macwhirter
> Melbourne, Australia
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