South Africa,1863

includes letters from: Thomas Philip, Grootfontein and Hankey - need for educated missionary with medical knowledge William Thompson, Cape Town - notes on committee minutes; John Crombie Brown now at Cape as Colonial Botanist; James Cameron returning to Madagascar; death of Thomas Hood; changes in M...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 33
Date(s) of creation: 18 Jan - 19 Dec 1863
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 33
Summary: includes letters from: Thomas Philip, Grootfontein and Hankey - need for educated missionary with medical knowledge William Thompson, Cape Town - notes on committee minutes; John Crombie Brown now at Cape as Colonial Botanist; James Cameron returning to Madagascar; death of Thomas Hood; changes in Madagascar; ordination of Samuel Elliott John Brownlee, King Williams Town Frederick Kolbe, Paarl James Cameron, Cape Town Daniel Helm, Zuurbraak James Read (junior), Philipton and Hackney - opened new school at Eardley Rogers Edwards, Port Elizabeth Thomas Merrington, Bethelsdorp Joseph Williams, Port Elizabeth Richard Birt, Peelton Robert Johnston (secretary, Eastern Branch, Evangelical Voluntary Union of South Africa), Grahamstown Thomas Brockway, Peelton - suggests appointing a teacher to work with him at Peelton Thomas Paterson, Uitenhage George Yarnold Jeffreys, D'Urban [Durban] - king of Madagascar killed James Cameron, Cape Town Theophilus Atkinson, Pacaltsdorp - Thomas Hood's life and death Henry Kayser, King Williams Town - re man teacher for station church members, Philipton Samuel Elliott, Dysselsdorp - takes charge of Hopedale Reports from the following for their respective stations:- Frederick Gottlob Kayser and Frederick G G Kayser, Knapps Hope Samuel Elliott, Dysseldorp Richard Birt and Thomas Brockway, Peelton Daniel Helm, Zuurbraak Theophilus Atkinson, Pacaltsdorp Rogers Edwards, Port Elizabeth Adam Robson, Port Elizabeth Reinhold Gregorowski, Somerset [Somerset East] Thomas Paterson, Uitenhage Robert Taylor, Cradock
Extent: 56 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Fldr 1, Jkts C&D 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