South Africa,1800
includes letters from: Hendriecus Maanenberg, Cape Town J P Slotsboo, Cape Town A Schoonberg, Cape Town William Edwards, Zak River [Sakrivier] [Sakrivier] fountain and Cape Town - rumour of Dr Johannes Vanderkemp's and John Edmond's deaths false Thomas Haweis, Gosport John Edmond, Cape Town - requ...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 1 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
4 Jan 1800 - 13 Sep 1801 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 1 |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
Hendriecus Maanenberg, Cape Town
J P Slotsboo, Cape Town
A Schoonberg, Cape Town
William Edwards, Zak River [Sakrivier] [Sakrivier] fountain and Cape Town - rumour of Dr Johannes Vanderkemp's and John Edmond's deaths false
Thomas Haweis, Gosport
John Edmond, Cape Town - requests passage to Bengal
Joseph Hardcastle, Thomas Haweis and Samuel Greatheed, London - 3 men in Holland to go to Cape
Matthew Wilks, London - commends Dr Johannes Vanderkemp for staying with Caffres [Africans of Eastern Cape] through discouragement
John Eyre, London
joint letter by Joseph Hardcastle and John Eyre, London
Dr Johannes Vanderkemp, River Debe and Quakoubi, Caffraria - chief came with 200 men to kill missionaries but became friendly, children learning; South Africa Society 70 to 80 members; copy of letter in Dutch to friends at the Cape; journal for 3rd quarter
Maglett Smith, Cape
Joseph Hardcastle, London - letter sent with Michael Vos and 2 German missionaries sailing to Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Captain Peter Gordon, on board Wellesley, Table Bay (Cape of Good Hope)
joint letter by Joseph Hardcastle, John Townsend, William Nicol, William Shrubsole (LMS directors), London - 3 missionaries allocated |
| Extent: |
25 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English Dutch |
| File number: |
Folder 3 |
| Finding aids: |
Detailed lists for incoming correspondence from Southern Africa, 1797-1899 (lists E6 & E7), are available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. Includes detailed precis of letters up to 1866. |
| Format: | Archive |