South Africa,1856

includes letters from: William Thompson, Cape Town - application of Pass System, case of Maphabana; James Cameron's call to accompany William Ellis to Madagascar; news of Dr Livingston [David Livingstone] and help he might need; George station relinquished; ordination of Henry Kayser William Elliot...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 30
Date(s) of creation: 16 Jan - 16 Dec 1856
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 30
Summary: includes letters from: William Thompson, Cape Town - application of Pass System, case of Maphabana; James Cameron's call to accompany William Ellis to Madagascar; news of Dr Livingston [David Livingstone] and help he might need; George station relinquished; ordination of Henry Kayser William Elliott, Cape Town James Green, Balfour, Kat River church members, Philipton - resolve to maintain their minister, James Read Robert Taylor, Cradock Daniel Helm, Caledon (Zuurbraak) - his people and self-support Thomas Philip, Hankey George Barker, Paarl church deacons, Paarl Reinhold Gregorowski, Somerset [Somerset East] - acceptance of call to church pastorate Rogers Edwards, Port Elizabeth Wilberforce Buxton Philip, Cape Town Adam Robson, Port Elizabeth G Hurford, report of the Graaff-Reinet auxiliary society Reports from the following on their respective stations:- Thomas Hood, Hope Dale [Hopedale] - 3 Sunday services per month at Matjes Drift taken by Abraham Paulse Frederick Gottlob Kayser, Knapps Hope Thomas Merrington, Bethelsdorp Reinhold Gregorowski, Somerset [Somerset East] A van Rooyen, Tidmonton [Tidmanton (near Fort Beaufort), [Fort Beaufort] Richard Birt, Peelton James Read, Philipton Adam Robson, Port Elizabeth Thomas Philip, Hankey Nicholas Smit, Graham's Town Robert Taylor, Cradock Theophilus Atkinson, Pacaltsdorp Thomas Paterson, Uitenhage Joseph Kitchingman, Graaff-Reinet Daniel Helm, Zuurbraak John Brownlee, King Williams Town
Extent: 50 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Fldr 1, Jkts B&C and Fldr 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