South Africa,1841
includes letters from: Peter Wright, Griquatown [Griekwastad] (with enclosure from Robert Hamilton, Kuruman); itineration John Philip, Cape Town and Theopolis - enclosed letters from Andries Waterboer and Peter Wright warn of marauders; David Livingstone and William Ross gone forward, worthy men; pr...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 18A |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
18 Jan - 31 Dec 1841 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 18A |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
Peter Wright, Griquatown [Griekwastad] (with enclosure from Robert Hamilton, Kuruman); itineration
John Philip, Cape Town and Theopolis - enclosed letters from Andries Waterboer and Peter Wright warn of marauders; David Livingstone and William Ross gone forward, worthy men; protection of Griquas and Basutos against boers; copy of letter from Adam Kok III
John Locke, Grahamstown
John Munro, Cradock
William Passmore, Port Elizabeth
Rogers Edwards, Kuruman - made journey North with Livingston [David Livingstone]
Robert Taylor, at sea and CapeTown
Robert Hamilton, Lattakoo - itinerating on Kolong [Harts] River
William Ross, Cape Town and Lattakoo
joint letter from committee: Henry Calderwood, Frederick Gottlob Kayser, Richard Birt and John Brownlee, Blinkwater - native agency, ways and means; powers of committee
William Elliott, Uitenhage
Richard Birt, Umxelo [Botman's Kraal]
Frederick Gottlob Kayser, Knapps Hope
Henry Calderwood, Blinkwater - baptized converts
James Read, Kat River
William Elliott, Uitenhage
Gottlob Schreiner, Philippolis
Thomas Hood, Long Kloof [Avontuur]
James Cameron, Cape Town - requests telescope, sending mineral specimen
Theophilus Atkinson, Colesberg [Northern Cape] - Sabbath school on sabbath [Sunday] afternoons led by Mrs Atkinson [née Henrietta Arderne]; day school learn to read, memorize texts in Dutch and Sichuana [Setswana]
John Messer, Uitenhage
Jane Philip, Cape Town - half-yearly accounts; John Philip's report on institution; answers to LMS directors questions re schools, children's allowances, seminary etc
John Brownlee, Williams Town [King William's Town]
Holloway Helmore, Likatlong [Likhatlong] Hart River [possibly near the present Delportshoop] - resists union with Griquatown; moving site of town
Adam Robson, Port Elizabeth - report of auxiliary missionary society
William Anderson, Pacaltsdorp - increase in population and church
Cornelius Kramer, Klaas Vooks River (translated from Dutch)
Andries Waterboer, Griquatown
Reports from the following on their respective stations:-
Thomas Merrington, Theopolis
James Kitchingman, Bethelsdorp
Gottlob Schreiner, Philippolis
Peter Wright and Isaac Hughes, Griquatown
Albert Van Lingen, Graaff-Reinet
Theophilus Atkinson, Colesberg
Long Kloof, Thomas Hood
William Anderson, Pacaltsdorp
John Messer and William Elliott, Uitenhage
Edward Solomon, Port Elizabeth
Arie Vos, Tulbagh (in Dutch)
Frederick Gottlob Kayser, Knapps Hope
Richard Birt, Umxelo [Botman's Kraal]
George Barker, Paarl
Holloway Helmore, Likhatlong [Likatlong/Lekatlong]
John Munro, Cradock
James Read (junior), Philipton, Kat River
Henry Schmelen, Komaggas
M Vogelgezang, Cape Town |
| Extent: |
71 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English Dutch |
| File number: |
Folders 1 and 2 |
| 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 |