South Africa,1812

includes letters from: Michael Wimmer, Bethelsdorp Missionary Society, London - letter intended for late Dr Johannes Vanderkemp William Corner, Cape Town Bethelsdorp and Graaff-Reinet - brief note reports James Read, Bethelsdorp - visit of commission; origin and present state of Bethelsdorp [copy of...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 5
Date(s) of creation: 1 Jan - 22 Dec 1812
Level: File
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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 5
Summary: includes letters from: Michael Wimmer, Bethelsdorp Missionary Society, London - letter intended for late Dr Johannes Vanderkemp William Corner, Cape Town Bethelsdorp and Graaff-Reinet - brief note reports James Read, Bethelsdorp - visit of commission; origin and present state of Bethelsdorp [copy of letter to Sir John Cradock [Sir John Francis Cradock, Cape governor 1811 - 1814]; reply to Uitenhage questionnaire re Bethelsdorp property Christopher Sass, Silverfontyn [Silver Fountain, Little Namacqualand] Captain J G Cuyler, Uitenhage Johann Ullbricht [later John Ullbright] John Messer, Cape of Good Hope and Brakelsdal [Annandale, Helderdal] Christopher Fleck, Cape Town Maglett Smith, Cape Town - one letter written by her daughter Johanna Sir John Cradock, Government House, Cape Town Mrs Sass [née Mary Gordon] - death of Mrs Albrecht [née Sophia Burgman] in childbirth Christian Albrecht, Silverfontyn/Silver Fountain (German, with translation) and Kamiesburg [Kamiesberg, Namakwa district] Bastiaan Tromp, Hottentot Holland [Somerset West, Western Cape] Missionary Society, London John Graham, Uitenhage Private Kenneth Anderson, Cape of Good Hope William Anderson, Klaarwater [Clear Water] - death of Mrs Kramer Christopher Bird, Secretary's Office (Cape Town) - prosecution of those cruel to Africans John Campbell, Prava, island St Jago [Porto Praya, Santiago, Cape Verde Islands] and Stellenbosch Pieter Hammes, Cape Town (in Dutch) Anthony Vanderlingen, Grahams Town [Grahamstown] joint letter from William Anderson, Lambert Janz and Cornelius Kramer, Klaarwater [Clear Water] Secretary's Office (Cape Town) - preparation of inquiry and trials George Thom, Cape Town joint Bethelsdorp annual report signed by James Read, Johann Ullbricht, Erasmus Smit, Michael Wimmer and William Corner
Extent: 40 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
German
Dutch
File number: Folder 1
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