Demerara 1832

includes letters from: James Scott, Demerara - arrives, Michael Lewis ill; arrival of wife and children; considers W Coast his special province joint letters from Joseph Ketley and Michael Lewis - Governor d'Urban willing to grant land for chapel on Fort Island; unfortunately W Coast chapel not on G...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/12/02/04/026 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/British Guiana. Demerara/Incoming correspondence/Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 3 Jan - 28 Dec 1832
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 4
callnumber CWM/LMS/12/02/04/026
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prefix_number 026
title Demerara 1832
scb_date_creation 3 Jan - 28 Dec 1832
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 19 items
format Archive
description includes letters from: James Scott, Demerara - arrives, Michael Lewis ill; arrival of wife and children; considers W Coast his special province joint letters from Joseph Ketley and Michael Lewis - Governor d'Urban willing to grant land for chapel on Fort Island; unfortunately W Coast chapel not on Government land; complain condition of books sent out; expect they will soon see James Scott Joseph Ketley, Demerara - death of Michael Lewis; details of his death and plans had he lived; report on mission and infant school; juvenile auxiliary missionary society; 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; death of protector of enslaved Africans in Berbice; asks for regular magazines; opportunities among 'Essequibo Indians' [indigeneous peoples, Amerindians]; itineration; thanks for infant school equipment - school building not yet started; Michael Lewis's finances; hope of George Town and 2 Essequibo out-stations becoming self-supporting; annual report Sarah Davies [née Saunders], Bristol - school and money matters; asks for money joint letter from Joseph Ketley and James Scott with enclosures - candidacy of John Adams John Wray, Berbice - copy of correspondence between him, Joseph Ketley and James Scott
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 2, 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.
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hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0012.0002.0004.00026

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