Tobago 1808

Includes letters and journals from: Richard Elliot, Barbardoes [Barbados] and Tobago Richard Elliott, preaches on estates to enslaved Africans, and in Scarborough town; wishes to be joined by wife; also visits Chinese and Indians. Costs of missionary residence had caused both Moravians and Wesleyans...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/West Indies. Tobago/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 2 Apr - 7 Dec 1808
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/West Indies. Tobago/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Summary: Includes letters and journals from: Richard Elliot, Barbardoes [Barbados] and Tobago Richard Elliott, preaches on estates to enslaved Africans, and in Scarborough town; wishes to be joined by wife; also visits Chinese and Indians. Costs of missionary residence had caused both Moravians and Wesleyans to leave Tobago; Scotch Presbyterian society started which hired a place of worship and will give him salary. Visits Friendship estate, Golden Grove estate, Richmond estate, Bacolet estate, Cove estate, Riceland, Indian Walk [later Moriah - see Moravian records for 1842]
Extent: 7 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 1, Jackets A and B
Finding aids: A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for Tobago, 1807-1813, (list C2), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. NB pages 3 and 4 of this hand-list are bound in reverse order.
Format: Archive