South Africa,1805
includes letters from: Dr Johannes Vanderkemp, Bethelsdorp - 43 church members; proposes ordination of William Read; (to governor Jan Willem Janssens): justice will gain the Africans' affection; requests instructions in event of having to leave Colony, possible establishment of mission North of bord...
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CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 3A |
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1 Nov 1804 - 27 Dec 1805 |
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SOAS Archive |
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CWM.LMS.05.02.02.010 |
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CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 3A |
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CWM/LMS/05/02/02/010 |
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010 |
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South Africa,1805 |
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1 Nov 1804 - 27 Dec 1805 |
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File |
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26 items |
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Archive |
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includes letters from:
Dr Johannes Vanderkemp, Bethelsdorp - 43 church members; proposes ordination of William Read; (to governor Jan Willem Janssens): justice will gain the Africans' affection; requests instructions in event of having to leave Colony, possible establishment of mission North of border
Captain L Alberti [Johann Christoph Ludwig Alberti], Fort Frederick [later Port Elizabeth] - African service to farmers; cattle theft; summons Dr Johannes Vanderkemp to Cape Town re complaints
Mewes Bakker, Stellenbosch
Jan Willem Janssens (governor general), Cape of Good Hope - letters to Dr Johannes Vanderkemp, Zwartkops River, Uitenhage and Bethelsdorp Institution: emphasizing consistency of Netherlands colonial policy; requesting Institution moved; copy of letters to G E Overbeck and Bongardt (South African Society); (in English and Dutch): to Dr Johannes Vanderkemp on raising African troops
J N Desch [Johan Nicolaas Desch] (secretary, Stellenbosch Missionary Society) (in Dutch)
Anthony Vanderlingen, Cape
V A Schoonberg, Cape Town - some English missionaries not permitted by government to teach; John Kicherer to marry widow Hubert, then going to Zak River [Sakrivier]
Hendrik de Jonge, Cape
joint letter of Joseph Hardcastle and George Burder, Missionary Society, London
William Weideman
? Mr Tarn, London, with copy of letter from Catholic priest in Germany
John Kicherer, Stellenbosch and Hex River [Worcester, Western Cape] (in Dutch) - journal; his marriage
J A Trutter - emancipation of Dorenda (Malabar, enslaved) - this letter is a formal decision from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope in response to a request or application from Johannes van der Kemp for the enslaved (woman) Dorenda van Bengalen to be freed from her slave bondage or service. The request is granted but with a fee (a caution fee or bail to satisfy the legal requirements) to be paid to the Diaconie arm of the Reformed Church in the city of the Cape to the amount of 50 rijksdaalders. Written in Dutch.
George Thorne, Cape Town - account
Hendrik van de Graaff, Tulbagh (in Dutch), to Willam Anderson
Joseph Hardcastle, London - new missions opening up towards China; would Dr Johannes Vanderkemp feel he should go there?; extract from letter to Netherlands Missionary Society
James Read, Cape of Good Hope
Dr Johannes Vanderkemp and James Read, Bethelsdorp - annual report |
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Open |
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English Dutch |
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English Dutch |
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Folder 1 |
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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. |
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CWM |
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CWM.00LMS.0005.0002.0002.00010 |