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CWM/LMS/British Guiana. Demerara/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
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includes letters from:
John Wray, Le Resouvenir and George Town, Demerara - arrives and begins preaching with Governor's permission; success and difficulties; large field of labour for Miss Rebecca Ashford [later Mrs Wray]; resistance of resident plantation owners and attitudes of managers; appreciation of Dutch clergyman and Moravian missionaries; complains of Directors' broken promise
Joseph Hardcastle and George Burder, London - to Hermanus Post
R Chandler, Demerara to Hermanus Post
A Simpson, Demerara to Hermanus Post - preaching to enslaved Africans
John Davies, London
George Burder, London - to Hermanus Post and to John Davies: possibility John Wray will abandon Demerara
Chapel built and opened on Hermanus Post's land
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17 items
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Open
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| Language: |
English
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Folder 1, Jackets A and B
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| Finding aids: |
A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for Demerara, 1807-1894, (list C2), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.
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Archive
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