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CWM/LMS/British Guiana. Demerara/Incoming correspondence/Box 3
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
Richard Elliott, Demerara - Misrepresentation of the Demerara situation reported in The Times' report of John Davies' speech at Bristol; from Houndsditch - John Smith's treatment by Court [in the context of his arrest following the Demerara Rebellion 1823]
John Smith, George Town - report; prospect of new chapel at Dochfour
John Davies, Rochester - letter to local George Town newspaper Royal Gazette about his speech; on return to Demerara, with his wife Sarah [née Saunders] on John Smith's treatment; later introduces Lieut Sanders: efforts to save John Smith's life; draft petition to parliament; extract from letter to Smith
notes from LMS Board re John Smith
NOTE: for letters written by John Smith for the latter part of 1823 (and early 1824) regarding the Demerara Rebellion, his implication in the uprising and subsequent imprisonment, no originals have been found in the archive, but published copies appear in the Supplement to the Second Volume of the Quaretrly Chronicle of the Transactions of the London Missionary Society, pages 509-526. A copy of this Supplement contaning the letters is also held in West Indies Odds, Box 4 (John Smith Case Papers).
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7 items
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| Access status: |
Open
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| Language: |
English
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| File number: |
Folder 1, Jacket A
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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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| Format: |
Archive
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