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:*''The Madras School: or, Elements of Tuition: comprising the Analysis of an Experiment in Education, made at the Male Asylum, Madras; with its facts, proofs, and illustrations'' (1808) 348 pages [http://books.google.com/books?id=8nTsZVDIygIC Google Books] ([http://books.google.com/books?id=8nTsZVDIygIC&pg=PR11 Contents]). [http://books.google.com/books?id=8nTsZVDIygIC&pg=PA212 Page 212] onwards contains letters written by his former pupils to Dr Bell, including a listing of names from the bottom of [http://books.google.com/books?id=8nTsZVDIygIC&pg=PA218 page 218] to page 223.
*1829 letter by W Webbe, former pupil, regarding his schooldays c 1790’s, footnotes [http://books.google.com/books?id=xgNPsoCD9i4C&pg=PA397 pages 397-398]. He appears as William Webbe in the list of Foundation Boys for 1790 in the listing of names on page 222 of ''The Madras School''
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=210&s_id=56 Entries to the Madras Military Asylum in 1825-1826]in FIBIS Search. In the majority of the cases the ” Person Recommending Boy” was stated to be the Poonamallee Asylum, (see below) perhaps suggesting transfer from this Asylum at a particular age .This could imply the boys were orphaned some years earlier.*{[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=96&s_id=206&sort=0&st=0&np=2&tn=48 Entry to the Madras Military Male Asylum in July 1835] in FIBIS Search. This listing appears to consist of three groups
**“Boy at Friend in Need Society”, boys who were blind or otherwise disabled
**“Poonamallee Boy at Nurse”, probably very young boys previously under the care of the Poonamallee Asylum
