50. David Livingston [Livingstone], Kolobeng, to Rev D. G. Watt [Northwich, Cheshire]

Views of Rev J. J. Freeman and scepticism over the likely outcomes of his recent deputation to southern Africa, including his short visit to Kolobeng; discusses the general state of Christian missions in the Colony and remarks on how the LMS is the only society that works to uphold the rights of the...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds/Livingstone, Box 3
Date(s) of creation: 13 Jan 1850
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scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds/Livingstone, Box 3
callnumber CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/050
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scb_alt_ref_no Livingstone Wooden Box, item 50
prefix_number 050
title 50. David Livingston [Livingstone], Kolobeng, to Rev D. G. Watt [Northwich, Cheshire]
scb_date_creation 13 Jan 1850
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scb_extent 4pp
format Archive
description Views of Rev J. J. Freeman and scepticism over the likely outcomes of his recent deputation to southern Africa, including his short visit to Kolobeng; discusses the general state of Christian missions in the Colony and remarks on how the LMS is the only society that works to uphold the rights of the "coloured population" - "the Wesleyans, Dutch Reformed & English church devote themselves almost exclusively to the whites"; discusses his views of the Dutch Reformed clergy in detail; questions the rationale of keeping their missions in the Colony and proposes an "onward movement"; comments on Freeman's opposition to Presbyterianism and his own views; discusses Mr Elliott's letters to the secretary of the Evangelical Alliance re the mission system in the Colony and the Doctor's [Dr John Philip] opposition to these letters; refers to his work on a grammar of the Sichuana [seTswana] language and discusses the characteristics of the language and asks whether he could get 20 or 30 copies printed for private circulation - requests Watt to look into the costs of this.
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hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0004.0008.0007.0001.00050

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