Demerara 1810

includes letters from: J van der Haas, Demerara - his marriage to Mrs Post John Davies, Stabroek [later George Town] - problems over unpaid bill; disagreement with Directors over school expenses LMS Directors, London, to John Davies insisting his school's debt is not theirs John Wray, Le Resouvenir...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/12/02/04/004 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/British Guiana. Demerara/Incoming correspondence/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 1 Jan - 4 Jul 1810
Level: File
Format: Archive           

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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/12/02/04/004
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title Demerara 1810
scb_date_creation 1 Jan - 4 Jul 1810
scb_level File
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scb_extent 12 items
format Archive
description includes letters from: J van der Haas, Demerara - his marriage to Mrs Post John Davies, Stabroek [later George Town] - problems over unpaid bill; disagreement with Directors over school expenses LMS Directors, London, to John Davies insisting his school's debt is not theirs John Wray, Le Resouvenir - letter sent commending its 'invalid' bearer, Mr Hodges who died and was buried in Bunhill Fields; has preached at Mahaica ferry; intense labour needed in teaching enslaved people; need for more missionaries. Quotes letter of 'Mulatto boy', William Corner, taken to Perthshire and there taught Christianity.
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 2, Jacket A
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.
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hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0012.0002.0004.00004

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