Demerara 1819

includes letters from: John Smith, Demerara - Extract from Hermanus Post's will; letter in Evangelical Magazine about slaves working on Sunday; 'John Gladstone's slaves' John Davies, Demerara - health improved, not visiting England; caution over printing his letters; dividing spheres of work; financ...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/British Guiana. Demerara/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Date(s) of creation: 20 Jan - 9 Dec 1819
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/British Guiana. Demerara/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Summary: includes letters from: John Smith, Demerara - Extract from Hermanus Post's will; letter in Evangelical Magazine about slaves working on Sunday; 'John Gladstone's slaves' John Davies, Demerara - health improved, not visiting England; caution over printing his letters; dividing spheres of work; finance Richard Elliott, Demerara - first auxiliary meeting; chapel property at Tobago; great success of West Coast work annual meetings and copies of legal documents
Extent: 18 items
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Access status: Open
Language: English
File number: Folder 3, Jackets A and B
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.
Format: Archive