Home Extra, (St Helena)

includes letters from: Lieutenant John Barnes, St Helena - plea to obtain permission from East India Company for even one missionary Samuel Hollingsworth, London - description of St Helena; depraved state of African half of population; East India Company's lack of religious facilities Lieutenant Rob...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Home/Home Office Extra/Box 3
Date(s) of creation: 12 Nov 1804 - 3 Jan 1833
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Home/Home Office Extra/Box 3
Summary: includes letters from: Lieutenant John Barnes, St Helena - plea to obtain permission from East India Company for even one missionary Samuel Hollingsworth, London - description of St Helena; depraved state of African half of population; East India Company's lack of religious facilities Lieutenant Robert Armstrong, St Helena - need ofr a person of missionary zeal in the island joint letters of Joseph McDaniel and (captain) H Broadway, trustees of congregation assembling in church vestry, subsequently of missionary auxiliary - contributions to LMS John Harper, St Helena - request for tracts to be sent to Joseph McDaniel, schoolmaster Joseph McDaniel, St Helena - requests LMS publications; fund thieves caught, one sentenced to death, petition for clemency joint letter by Joseph McDaniel, Captain H Broaday and Lieutenant Daniel O'Connor - publications acknowledged; list of subscribers
Extent: 13 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 1A
Finding aids: Detailed hand-lists available at the School of Oriental and African Studies for 1800-1899 in document boxes kept in archive storage, Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.
Format: Archive