Box 1

Research materials on William Carey and family collected by descendants.

Research materials on William Carey and family collected by descendants.

When redevelopment in urban Leicester destroyed the Carey Cottage and the Harvey Lane Baptist Church, the large Holiday Inn erected on the site named their lounge for Carey. This tariff, “pinched” with permission, features a non-alcoholic beverage named for him. (We do know, however, that Carey and other Baptist pastors of his era enjoyed ale on occasion.)

In 1949 the abbey installed a new walnut lectern from which is read the Scripture at every subsequent service. It was a gift to the abbey from the Baptist Missionary Society. Photographs of this lectern are located in the Budge file elsewhere in the collection.

Research materials on William Carey and family collected by descendants.

Research materials on William Carey and family collected by descendants.

Michael Carey was a direct descendant of William Carey. An active Anglican churchman, he developed a keen interest in the story of his noted ancestor and was very cooperative with me in the production of this manuscript. He had felt for years that the story of Dorothy had received poor treatment at the hands of investigators. Michael is now deceased. Correspondence (and related items) spans 1990-2003. Folder includes contact information for David Carey (Michael’s son) who lives in Boston.

Sunil was the archivist of Carey material at Serampore College, Serampore, West Bengal, India. An avid Carey enthusiast, Chatterjee had never converted to Christianity. He authored several books about the Serampore missionary community.

Roger was associated with the Church Growth Research Centre in Madras, India.

letters from readers of the book who identified with Dorothy’s story and felt that her experience reflected theirs in some ways. Many of these correspondents are women missionaries or wives of missionaries.