{"pages":{"109":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00133-fdd2179e0758d664dc15.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":481,"y":174,"width":248,"height":17}},{"text":"109","box":{"x":1006,"y":175,"width":52,"height":20}},{"text":"which both here and in Ceylon is preserved with a fierceness of","box":{"x":146,"y":217,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"prejudice which I have rarely witnessed in Bengal, and which","box":{"x":148,"y":246,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"divides almost as perfectly a Sudra from a Pariah Christian, as it","box":{"x":148,"y":274,"width":908,"height":38}},{"text":"did the same individuals while worshippers of Krishna and Siva.","box":{"x":145,"y":301,"width":907,"height":36}},{"text":"The old school Missionaries tolerated all this as a merely civil","box":{"x":147,"y":329,"width":910,"height":36}},{"text":"question of pedigree and wordly distinction, and in the hope that,","box":{"x":150,"y":359,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"as their converts became more enlightened, such distinctions would","box":{"x":150,"y":387,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"die away. This effect has not followed; but, on the other hand,","box":{"x":144,"y":415,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"some of the younger Missionaries, both German and English, have","box":{"x":148,"y":443,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"not only warmly preached against caste, but in the management of","box":{"x":147,"y":470,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"their schools, and the arrangement of their congregations, have","box":{"x":147,"y":498,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"thwarted it as much as possible.","box":{"x":150,"y":524,"width":434,"height":32}},{"text":"83. CHARTER OF INCORPORATION OF SERAMPORE","box":{"x":150,"y":611,"width":903,"height":25}},{"text":"COLLEGE (1827 A.D.)","box":{"x":441,"y":640,"width":319,"height":28}},{"text":"The Royal Charter of Incorporation, given by the King of Denmark,","box":{"x":235,"y":690,"width":770,"height":27}},{"text":"following a visit of Dr. Marshman in 1827, gave the Serampore College","box":{"x":200,"y":714,"width":806,"height":28}},{"text":"the authority to award degrees in different faculties. It was the first","box":{"x":199,"y":740,"width":809,"height":25}},{"text":"College in India to secure this status. Cited in George Howells,","box":{"x":196,"y":762,"width":809,"height":29}},{"text":"The Story of Serampore and its College, Appendix II, pp. 106-108.","box":{"x":197,"y":788,"width":796,"height":29}},{"text":"We Frederick the Sixth, by the Grace of God, King of Denmark","box":{"x":190,"y":841,"width":862,"height":32}},{"text":"the Venders and Gothers, Duke of Slesvig Holsten, Stormarn,","box":{"x":150,"y":868,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"Ditmarsken, Limessborg and Oldenborg, by these writings make","box":{"x":145,"y":896,"width":907,"height":31}},{"text":"known and publicly declare, that whereas William Carey and Joshua","box":{"x":148,"y":924,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"Marshman, Doctors of Divinity, and John Clark Marshman, Esq.,","box":{"x":145,"y":951,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"inhabitants of our town Fredericksnagore (or Serampore) in Bengal,","box":{"x":151,"y":980,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"being desirous of founding a College to promote piety and learning","box":{"x":145,"y":1008,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"particularly among the native Christian population of India, have","box":{"x":148,"y":1033,"width":904,"height":39}},{"text":"to secure this object erected suitable buildings and purchased and","box":{"x":150,"y":1062,"width":903,"height":35}},{"text":"collected suitable books, maps, etc., and have humbly besought us","box":{"x":148,"y":1089,"width":904,"height":36}},{"text":"to grant unto them and such persons as shall be elected by them","box":{"x":150,"y":1119,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"and their successors to form the Council of the College in the","box":{"x":148,"y":1147,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"manner to be hereafter named, our Royal Charter of Incorporation","box":{"x":145,"y":1175,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"that they may the more effectually carry into execution the purposes","box":{"x":150,"y":1203,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"above-mentioned:- We being desirous to encourage so laudable","box":{"x":150,"y":1228,"width":901,"height":34}},{"text":"an undertaking, have of our special grace and free motion ordained,","box":{"x":150,"y":1258,"width":901,"height":34}},{"text":"constituted, granted and declared, and by these presents we do","box":{"x":150,"y":1284,"width":901,"height":35}},{"text":"for ourselves, our heirs and successors ordain, constitute, grant","box":{"x":151,"y":1311,"width":900,"height":35}},{"text":"and declare:","box":{"x":151,"y":1341,"width":171,"height":21}},{"text":"1. That the said William Carey, Joshua Marshman and John","box":{"x":197,"y":1391,"width":857,"height":31}},{"text":"Clark Marshman, and such other person or persons as shall succes-","box":{"x":144,"y":1419,"width":907,"height":31}},{"text":"sively be elected and appointed the Council of the said College, in","box":{"x":150,"y":1446,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"the manner hereafter mentioned, shall by virtue of these presents","box":{"x":148,"y":1474,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"be for ever herafter one body politic and incorporate by the name","box":{"x":147,"y":1501,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"of the Serampore College for the purpose aforesaid to have","box":{"x":148,"y":1527,"width":903,"height":36}}]},"110":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00134-9b1e332c246639f9f159.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"110","box":{"x":97,"y":162,"width":53,"height":20}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":314,"y":161,"width":470,"height":20}},{"text":"perpetual succession and to have a common seal, and by the said","box":{"x":98,"y":207,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"name to use and to be used, to implead and to be impleaded, and","box":{"x":98,"y":235,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"to answer and be answered unto in every court and place belonging","box":{"x":101,"y":264,"width":900,"height":31}},{"text":"to us, our heirs and successors","box":{"x":99,"y":296,"width":411,"height":28}},{"text":"5. And We do hereby further ordain, grant and declare that","box":{"x":143,"y":346,"width":859,"height":32}},{"text":"the Statutes thus made and established by the said three members","box":{"x":99,"y":374,"width":900,"height":32}},{"text":"of the first Council and given or left in writing under their respective","box":{"x":98,"y":403,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"hands, shall be valid and in full force at the expiration of ten years","box":{"x":98,"y":432,"width":901,"height":36}},{"text":"from the date of these presents, so that no further Council of the","box":{"x":99,"y":460,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"College shall have power to alter, change or vary them in any","box":{"x":97,"y":486,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"manner whatever, and that the statutes shall for ever be considered","box":{"x":97,"y":514,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"the constitution of the said College. And We do hereby appoint","box":{"x":99,"y":541,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"and declare that these statutes shall be made and established by the","box":{"x":101,"y":567,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"said William Carey, Joshua Marshman and John Clark Marshman","box":{"x":99,"y":598,"width":900,"height":34}},{"text":"alone, so that in case either of them should die before the expiration","box":{"x":98,"y":627,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"of ten years, the power of completing or perfecting these statutes","box":{"x":97,"y":653,"width":904,"height":38}},{"text":"shall devolve wholly on the survivors or survivor; and that in case","box":{"x":98,"y":681,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"all three should die before the expiration of ten years, the statutes","box":{"x":99,"y":710,"width":903,"height":29}},{"text":"which they have left in writing under their hands, or under the hand","box":{"x":95,"y":736,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"of the last survivor among them, shall be considered 'The Funda-","box":{"x":99,"y":763,"width":901,"height":34}},{"text":"mental Statutes and Constitution of Serampore College\", incapable","box":{"x":97,"y":790,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"of receiving either addition or alteration, and shall and may be","box":{"x":98,"y":820,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"registered in our Royal Court Chancery as 'The Statutes and Cons-","box":{"x":99,"y":848,"width":903,"height":31}},{"text":"titution of Serampore College'...","box":{"x":97,"y":878,"width":466,"height":34}},{"text":"7. And We further appoint, grant and declare that the said","box":{"x":141,"y":930,"width":864,"height":35}},{"text":"William Carey, Joshua Marshman and John Clark Marshman,","box":{"x":95,"y":958,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"the members of the first Council, and their successors for ever shall","box":{"x":98,"y":986,"width":907,"height":31}},{"text":"have the power of conferring upon the students of the said College,","box":{"x":95,"y":1015,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"native Christians as well as others, degrees of rank and honour","box":{"x":98,"y":1041,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"according to their proficiency in as ample a manner as any other","box":{"x":98,"y":1071,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"such College, yet the said Serampore College shall only have the","box":{"x":97,"y":1096,"width":907,"height":36}},{"text":"power of conferring such degrees on the students that testify their","box":{"x":97,"y":1125,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"proficiency in Science, and no rank or other special right shall be","box":{"x":94,"y":1152,"width":908,"height":36}},{"text":"connected therewith in our dominions. And We do hereby further","box":{"x":94,"y":1182,"width":905,"height":29}},{"text":"appoint, grant and declare that after the expiration of the said ten","box":{"x":98,"y":1210,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"years, the said Council of the College and their successors for ever","box":{"x":95,"y":1237,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"shall have power to make and establish such orders and by-laws","box":{"x":94,"y":1266,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"as shall appear to them useful and necessary for the government of","box":{"x":97,"y":1296,"width":905,"height":31}},{"text":"the said College, and to alter, suspend or appeal those already made,","box":{"x":92,"y":1323,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"and from time to time make such new ones in their room as shall","box":{"x":97,"y":1350,"width":901,"height":31}},{"text":"appear to them most proper and expedient provided the same be","box":{"x":94,"y":1378,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"not repugnant to the Statutes of the College or the laws of our","box":{"x":92,"y":1408,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"realm.","box":{"x":90,"y":1445,"width":106,"height":22}}]}}}