South Africa,1801
includes letters from: Dr Johannes Vanderkemp, River Debe, Caffraria, Graaff-Reinet [Graaff-Reinet] and near Algoa Bay - journal for October 1800 to March 1801, for 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters; met James Read who would accompany him and Anthony Vanderlingen who would stay at Graaff-Reinet; started sch...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 1 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
1 Feb 1801 - December 1801 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 1 |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
Dr Johannes Vanderkemp, River Debe, Caffraria, Graaff-Reinet [Graaff-Reinet] and near Algoa Bay - journal for October 1800 to March 1801, for 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters; met James Read who would accompany him and Anthony Vanderlingen who would stay at Graaff-Reinet; started schools; colonists hostile to helping Africans; armed attack on Graaff-Reinet; correspondence with Francis Dundas [Cape Colony Administrator] re missionary establishment near Algoa Bay
officers, South African Society (in Dutch), Cape Town
Matthew Wilks, London - Cape to be a free port under the Dutch
D Raynauw, Cape of Good Hope
A Schoonberg (secretary, South African Society), in Dutch, Cape Town
L Heuser (in Dutch)
LMS directors, London: copies of letters to William Edwards, ending in termination of his missionary status
LMS directors, London: copy of letter to South Africa Society - John Kicherer and Cornelius Kramer to Corannas; law of freedom for enslaved Africans.
T T van Ryneveld, Cape of Good Hope - Graaff-Reinet disturbances from oppression by Boers
William Anderson, Rietfontein over [i.e. North of] the Orange River [not Rietfontein,Namibia] - Griqua work |
| Extent: |
26 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English Dutch |
| File number: |
Folder 4 |
| 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 |