Letter from Richard Elliot, 17 August 1811, Tobago

Thoughts on the Purkis affair, by request of Directors. Explains again the heavy cost of the Mission. Method of instructing enslaved people.


Order number: CWM/LMS/West Indies.Tobago/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 1811
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Elliott, Richard, 1776-
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Order number: CWM/LMS/West Indies.Tobago/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Summary: Thoughts on the Purkis affair, by request of Directors. Explains again the heavy cost of the Mission. Method of instructing enslaved people.
Main author: Elliott, Richard, 1776-
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Access status: Open
Copyright: Council for World Mission
Language: English
Scripts: Latin
File number: Box 1, Folder 4, Jacket A
Format: Archive