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CWM/LMS/British Guiana. Demerara/Incoming correspondence/Box 6
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
James Scott, London, Leith and Hoxton - Ketley's claim to Fort Island and Caria Caria
Charles Rattray (secretary), George Town - Goodluck Day appointed school manager
Sidney Murkland, West Coast - death of William Waterton (formerly enslaved); progress at Ebenezer Chapel
Charles Watt, George Town - premises crowded; a year of freedom
Thomas Henderson (schoolmaster), Leguan - removal from Montrose
Grant of land at Vries-en-Hoop (land owned by J Stewart, MP for Lymington [Hampshire, England])
Elizabeth Brown (Glasgow) comes to assist in Girls School
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21 items
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| Access status: |
Open
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| Language: |
English
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| File number: |
Folder 1
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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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Archive
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