South Africa,1818

includes letters from: Henry Helm, Griquatown [Griekwastad] George Thom, Cape Town - government not informed of Leonhardt Ebner selling powder and shot to Africans; John Brownlee's marriage; George Thom became Dutch minister at Caledon and left LMS A E Burgman [Bergman] - Caledon auxiliary missionar...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 7
Date(s) of creation: 4 Jan - 31 Dec 1818
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 7
Summary: includes letters from: Henry Helm, Griquatown [Griekwastad] George Thom, Cape Town - government not informed of Leonhardt Ebner selling powder and shot to Africans; John Brownlee's marriage; George Thom became Dutch minister at Caledon and left LMS A E Burgman [Bergman] - Caledon auxiliary missionary society (Dutch and English) joint letter by John Messer, Evan Evans and William Corner, Bethelsdorp George Barker, Theopolis - death of Joseph Williams; birth of daughter Joseph Williams, Caffreland Maglett Smith, Cape Town Leonhardt Ebner, Warm Bath R Beck, Cape Town - Government appointments for George Thom, John Taylor and John Brownlee; death of Carl Pacalt Robert Hamilton, New Latakoo Robert Moffat, Great Namaqualand Frederick Hooper, Bethelsdorp Thomas Hooper, Chatham John Messer, Bethelsdorp James Kitchingman, Little Namaqualand Mrs Williams [née Elizabeth Rogers], Theopolis Ann Hamilton, Bethelsdorp John Taylor, Paarl - resigned from LMS; accepted post of government minister, Beaufort district John Seidenfaden, Caledon [Western Cape] (in Dutch and English) John Brownlee, Duivebhoek river [Duivenhok River] - describes journey round Colony; accepted LMS decisions, resigned from LMS Henry Schmelen, Bethany - circumstances of his marriage defended Michael Vos, Tulbagh Mewes Bakker [Mews Bakker, Meeuwes Janse Bakker] (in Dutch), George and Stellebosch - his wife's death John Philip, Liverpool and at sea, on board Westmoreland John Campbell, on board Westmoreland joint letter from John Messer, Evan Evans and Frederick Hooper, Bethelsdorp LMS, London - resolutions on church discipline to be observed in missionary institutions, re marriage, baptism and ordination, with notes of committees thereon
Extent: 82 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
Dutch
File number: Folders 4 and 5
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