A letter, to the chairman of the east india company, on the danger of interfering in the Religious Opinions of the Natives of India; and on the views of the british and foreign bible society, as directed to india by [EAST INDIA COMPANY], TWINING, Thomas - 1807

London: Printed for J. Ridgway, 1807. 33pp, [1]. Small hole to text of leaf B7, without loss of sense. [Bound with:] OWEN, Rev. John. An address to the chairman of the east india company, occasioned by Mr. twining's letter to that gentleman... London. Printed for J. Hatchard, 1807. Second edition. [4], 31pp, [1]. [And:] Two letters to the proprietors of East India Stock, occasioned by mr. twining's late letter to the chairman... London. Printed for Williams and Smith, 1807. First edition. 20pp. [And:] A letter to the president of the board of control, on the Propagation of Christianity in india... London. Printed for J. Hatchard, 1807. First edition. 23pp, [1]. [And:] WARING, Major Scott. A letter to the rev. john owen, a. m. in reply to the "brief strictures on the preface to observations on the present state of the east india company"... London. Printed for J. Ridgway, 1808. First edition. [4], 118pp. With a half-title. [And:] WARING, Major Scott. Observations on the Present State of the east india company; with prefatory remarks on the alarming intelligence lately received from madras, as to the General Disaffection Prevailing amongst the Natives of every Rank, from an Opinion that it is the Intention of the British Government to compel them to embrace Christianity... London. Printed for James Ridgway, 1808. Fourth edition. [2], lxxvi, 76pp. With a half-title. [And:] [OWEN, John]. A letter to john scott waring, esq. in refutation of his "observations on the present state of the east india company..." With strictures on his illiberal and unjust conduct towards the missionaries in india. London. Printed by Ellerton and Byworth, 1808. First edition. [4], 82pp. With a half-title. [And:] A LATE RESIDENT OF BENGAL [TEIGNMOUTH, Charles John Shore, Baron]. Considerations on the practicability, policy, and obligation of communicating to the natives of india the knowledge of christianity... London. Printed for John Hatchard, 1808. First edition. vii, [1], 101pp, [1]. With a half-title. [And:] WEYLAND, John. Letter to sir hugh inglis, bart. Late Chairman of the East India Company, on the state of religion in india, with suggestions for its improvement. Windsor. Printed by, and for, C. Knight & Son, 1813. First edition. [2], 26pp. With a half-title. [And:] WARING, Major Scott. Remarks on mr. weyland's letter to sir hugh inglis, bart. on the state of religion in india. London. Printed for J. Ridgway, 1813. First edition. [2], 38pp. 8vo. Modern blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed. Book-label of J. M. Strachan to FEP, marginal worming, occasional light damp-staining, pencil annotations. A coherent sammelband of early nineteenth century pamphlets representing debates surrounding the propagation of Christianity under the East India Company. Prior to the renewal of their charter in 1813, both the East India Company and Parliament, much to the consternation of prominent evangelicals (notably including William Wilberforce), had refused to countenance missionary activity in India and forbade religious education, in support of a policy of religious neutrality and on the basis that, if exposed to Christianity, Indians may have felt threatened and thus would have posed a threat to British commercial ventures. . Third edition.