The Original Papers were copied into Mission Books so that a legible copy was available for the use of the committee. Included are letters to and from missionaries and secretaries re mission business, missionary reports on their work and itineration, minutes of meetings and conferences. Each volume contains an index.

Letters from Rev P S Royston, Rev T G Ragland, Bishop of Madras, Rev H Venn, Miss Caroline Giberne, Rev J Peet, Rev J Devasagayam, Rev W Knight, Rev P P Schaffter, Rev E Sargent, Rev J Pickford, Rev L Cradock, Colonel Browne; minutes of the Madras Corresponding Committee, of a meeting of the Travancore missionaries and also of the Madras Finance Sub Committee; proceedings of the first meeting of the University of Madras held at the College Hall, April 7 1857; Rev E Sargent’s report on the examination of the Training Institution and his account of the conversion of a Brahmin.