Demerara 1808

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; apprecia...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/12/02/04/002 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/British Guiana. Demerara/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 12 Feb - 11 Dec 1808
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.12.02.04.002
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/British Guiana. Demerara/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
callnumber CWM/LMS/12/02/04/002
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/12/02/04/002
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/12/02/04/002
prefix_number 002
title Demerara 1808
scb_date_creation 12 Feb - 11 Dec 1808
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 17 items
format Archive
description 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
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 1, Jackets A and B
scb_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.
note Content advice: descriptions in this catalogue may reproduce terms found in historical publications and archival documents, including some terms which are now considered discriminatory, harmful or offensive. Such terms have been retained in the catalogue in the interest of historical accuracy and should be seen in the context of attitudes of the period. These terms will appear in inverted commas or will be signposted by other means to indicate that they do not reflect the views or opinions of SOAS Library or our staff. We apologise for any offence that our inclusion of these words may cause.
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0012.0002.0004.00002

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