Demerara 1831

includes letters from: Joseph Ketley, Demerara - ill-health, Michael Lewis going to Berbice; health better, hope for assistant, birth of daughter; mission news; junior auxiliary formed; hurricane and distress; general review, plans and prospects.; finance; general report on missions in Demerara Sara...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/British Guiana. Demerara/Incoming correspondence/Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 23 Mar - 27 Dec 1831
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.12.02.04.025
recordtype archive
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 4
callnumber CWM/LMS/12/02/04/025
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/12/02/04/025
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/12/02/04/025
prefix_number 025
title Demerara 1831
scb_date_creation 23 Mar - 27 Dec 1831
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 13 items
format Archive
description includes letters from: Joseph Ketley, Demerara - ill-health, Michael Lewis going to Berbice; health better, hope for assistant, birth of daughter; mission news; junior auxiliary formed; hurricane and distress; general review, plans and prospects.; finance; general report on missions in Demerara Sarah Davies [ne Saunders], Bristol - asks for monies to be invested; intends starting a school Michael Lewis, Demerara - propriey of staying at Berbice in John Wray's absence?; need another worker in Demerara; regrets Directors unable to get a missionary for Demerara, recommends John Adams; writes to John Wray explaining presence in Demerara to restrain slaves when freed (imminently) John Adams, Berbice - offers himself as missionary
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 1, Jacket C
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.0012.0002.0004.00025