South Africa,1844

includes letters from: James Read, Philipton, Kat River - progress of mission in Tambokee [Tembu] land Robert Taylor, Theopolis - declining as mission station Joseph Gill, Cape Town John Philip, Cape Town - Natal poorly supplied with missionaries, talk of Americans withdrawing therefrom; ordination...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/05/02/02/062 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 20
Date(s) of creation: 8 Jan - 26 Dec 1844
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 20
Summary: includes letters from: James Read, Philipton, Kat River - progress of mission in Tambokee [Tembu] land Robert Taylor, Theopolis - declining as mission station Joseph Gill, Cape Town John Philip, Cape Town - Natal poorly supplied with missionaries, talk of Americans withdrawing therefrom; ordination of W Y Thomson; issue of African teachers bearing foreign names; enclosed letters by Sir John Marshall (captain HMS Isis, Mauritius) (1) tribute to David Johns; (2) suggestions LMS mission to Seychelles islands Adam Robson, Port Elizabeth - illustrations of work joint letter of Robert Taylor and Christopher Sass, Theopolis - asking LMS directors to refuse John Philip's resignation; disagree with District Committees Jane Philip, Cape Town - half-yearly accounts; J W Merrington, Cape Town - glad to hear of minister chosen for Union Chapel M Vogelgezang, Cape Town James Cameron, Cape Town - Madagascar news John Brownlee, King William's Town - Glasgow Missionary Society helpful in training African 'agents' Richard Birt, Umxelo H C Rutherford, Cape Town William Elliott, Uitenhage James Read (junior), Philipton John Locke, Grahamstown George Chick, Port Elizabeth deacons of African church, Grahamstown John Messer, Wellfound [Welgevonden] - moved there after opposition at George town Frederick Gottlob Kayser, Knapps Hope - Bazakwe's letter Gottlob Schreiner, Basel joint letter from James Kitchingman, John Munro and Adam Robson, Grahamstown Nicholas Smit, Kat River John Crombie Brown, Cape Town William Anderson, Pacaltsdorp joint letter from Henry Calderwood and Richard Birt on correspondence between them, James Read and others Thomas Philip, Cape Town Christopher Sass and others, Theopolis Reports from the following on their respective stations:- Henry Helm, Caledon James Kitchingman, Bethelsdorp Albert Van Lingen, Graaff-Reinet Thomas Hood, Avontaur [Avontuur] Henry Calderwood, Blinkwater Frederick Gottlob Kayser, Knapps Hope Gottlob Schreiner, Basuto Country [later Lesotho] W Y Thomson, Philippolis Robert Taylor, Theopolis William Passmore, Port Elizabeth William Anderson, Pacaltsdorp John Munro, Cradock Henry Schmelen, Komaggas John Brownlee, King William's Town George Barker, Paarl Arie Vos, Tulbagh (in Dutch)
Extent: 93 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
Dutch
File number: Folders 1(Jkts C&D), 2 and 3
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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