South Africa,1829
includes letters from: John Melvill, Philippolis Richard Miles, Cape Town - annual accounts William Elliott, Cape Town - his work, including among convicts; work among Malays difficult John Messer, Hankey Adam Kok and counsellors, Phillipolopolis - memorial to colonial governor Sir Galbraith Lowry C...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 11 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
1 Jan - 28 Dec 1829 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 11 |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
John Melvill, Philippolis
Richard Miles, Cape Town - annual accounts
William Elliott, Cape Town - his work, including among convicts; work among Malays difficult
John Messer, Hankey
Adam Kok and counsellors, Phillipolopolis - memorial to colonial governor Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole seeking protection from farmers despoiling country
British & Foreign Bible Society, London - requests help to enable Henry Schmelen to complete printing of Namaqua scriptures
joint letters from Robert Moffat and Robert Hamilton, Lattakoo [Kuruman] - encouraging progress; church finished and opened; peace and good rains
George Bennet [deputation], Cape Town
R H Hay, for Sir George Murray, Downing Street [London] - order in Council for well-being of 'Hottentots and other free persons of colour'
A Murray, Graaff-Reinet - certificate of merit for George Augustus Kolbe
John Munro, Grahamstown
Peter Wright, Griquatown [Griekwastad] - extracts from letters; itinerant visits to Daniels-kuil and Blinkklip; good from England helped in distress
Henry Helm, Caledon - many baptisms
Adam Robson, Bethelsdorp
George Barker, Theopolis
George Hodson, Brighton for LMS (London)
Rogers Edwards, Theopolis
Frederick Gottlob Kayser, Buffalo River [later East London]
Abraham Faure, Cape Town
James Read, Bethelsdorp - population of Uitenhage, schools needed
C J J Vanderkemp, Bethelsdorp - Miss Martin coming to marry him
Michael Wimmer, Komaggas [Namaqualand] - Steinkopf will be an out-station
Henry Schmelen, Komaggas
William Foster, Bethelsdorp
George Yeoland, Grahamstown
John Philip, Cape Town
John Baillie, Cape of Good Hope
George Kolbe, Bushmen Mission (near Caledon river)
Mrs Edwards [née Mary Ann Crawford], Theopolis
John Bennie, Lovedale [near Alice]
topographical information re Institutions in South Africa
schedules from Pacaltsdorp, Caledon, Bethelsdorp, Caffraria and Komaggas giving statistics for 1829 |
| Extent: |
71 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English Dutch |
| File number: |
Folders 3 and 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 |