South Africa,1843

includes letters from: Cornelius Kramer, Klaas Vooks River [Klaasvooksrivier] - remarried [to Maria Elizabeth Van der Veyver] following death of his 3rd wife James Read, Philipton, Kat River - need of printer and school teacher; response to LMS directors strictures re: Holloway Helmore's move Jane...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 19
Date(s) of creation: 18 Jan - 31 Dec 1843
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 19
Summary: includes letters from: Cornelius Kramer, Klaas Vooks River [Klaasvooksrivier] - remarried [to Maria Elizabeth Van der Veyver] following death of his 3rd wife James Read, Philipton, Kat River - need of printer and school teacher; response to LMS directors strictures re: Holloway Helmore's move Jane Philip, Cape Town - half-yearly accounts; Tulbagh station (Arie Vos) now under Rhenism Society [Rheinsche Missionsgesellschaft] Frederick Gottlob Kayser, Knapps Hope - seminary John Locke, Grahamstown - death of Mr Standen, deacon from Hammersmith [London] Deacons and friends, Grahamstown - requesting Nicholas Smit be sent back to them William Passmore, Port Elizabeth - correspondence with John Philip over closure of Fingo work Henry Calderwood, Blinkwater and Grahamstown - accidental death of Mrs Birt [née Eliza Budden]; minutes of Eastern District Committee Thomas Hood, Long Kloof Adam Robson, Port Elizabeth John Philip, Cape Town - enclosed letter from Margery Wright; copies of letters from women at Griquatown [Griekwastad] to women of Philippolis; series of letters re pastorate of African congregation at Grahamstown James Read (junior), Philipton, Kat River - Joseph Gill, Cape Town Thomas Budden (Mrs Birt's brother), Umxelo James Cameron, Cape Town - Madagascar; sketch of comet J W Merrington, Cape Town M Vogelgezang, Cape Town Richard Birt, Umxelo Theophilus Atkinson, Colesberg [Northern Cape] - opposes seminary for Africans Walter Inglis, Port Elizabeth - water-works at Hankey William Elliott, Uitenhage - seeks grant to enlarge chapel William Anderson, Pacaltsdorp James Kitchingman, Bethelsdorp Thomas Edwards, Grahamstown Edward Williams, Hankey Henry Helm, Caledon - favours training 'native agents' in Africa John Messer, Georgetown - retiring, but still preaching report of auxiliary missionary society, Cape Town Reports from the following on their respective stations:- M Vogelgezang, Cape Town - re schools and Muslims Isaac Hughes and Edward Solomon, Griquatown W Y Thomson, Philippolis Albert Van Lingen, Graaff-Reinet Arie Vos, Tulbagh (in Dutch) George Barker, Paarl James Kitchingman, Bethelsdorp Henry Schmelen, Komaggas Theophilus Atkinson, Colesberg John Munro, Cradock Henry Helm, Caledon William Anderson, Pacaltsdorp John Melvill, Matjes Drift Henry Calderwood, Blinkwater Eugene Casalis, Thaba Bossiou [Thaba Bosiou] Hamilton Dyke, Thaba Bosiou copies of correspondence with Cape governor's office, with copy of Moshoeshoe I's message re treaty with British government William Shaw (Wesleyan missionary), Platberg
Extent: 90 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
Dutch
File number: Folders 3, 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           

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