collection |
SOAS Archive
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id |
CWM.LMS.13.02.01.023
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recordtype |
archive
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scb_item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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scb_loan_type |
Reference only
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scb_order_with |
CWM/LMS/Mauritius/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
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callnumber |
CWM/LMS/13/02/01/023
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callnumber_txt |
CWM/LMS/13/02/01/023
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callnumber-sort |
CWM/LMS/13/02/01/023
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prefix_number |
023
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title |
Mauritius,1835
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scb_date_creation |
March 1835 - 31 December 1835
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scb_level |
File
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level_sort |
7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
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scb_extent |
18 items
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format |
Archive
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description |
includes letters from:
John Le Brun [Jean Le Brun, Jean Lebrun, John Lebrun], Port Louis - suggestions for permanent moral and religious instruction system
with printed statement of moral and religious condition (population, schools, churches); responses to a questionnaire from governor on LMS chapels and services in Mauritius; description of Seychelles archipelago; lepers treated with turtle blood and coconut oil
LMS official, London - draft letter to Colonial Office (Port Louis) re schools in Mauritius
George F Dick (colonial secretary), Port Louis - LMS post to be exempt from charges
Thomas Kelsey, Grand River - plea for John Le Brun's continued employment by LMS
H Alexander, Port Louis - recommends John le Brun; unsatisfactory state of religion in Mauritius
Joseph Freeman, Port Louis - Malagasy government wish to restore slave trade; anti-Christian acts of government; state of chapel and congregation at Piton; Government attitude to French protestants; David Griffiths left Madagascar; property ownership dispute; progress of missionary press; recommends history of Madagascar in Welsh; death of prince Corroller; increased use of ordeal by tangena in Madagascar [a poisonous nut about the size of a chestnut]; dark future for Madagascar mission; laxity in Mauritius; education in Mauritius
Governor Sir William Nicolay, Mauritius - ordinance on public instruction, published in error without royal approval
54 church members, Port Louis - plea for further employment of John Le Brun
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scb_access_status |
Open
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language |
English
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language_search |
English
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scb_file_number |
Folder 1, Jackets A & B
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scb_finding_aids |
A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for Mauritius, 1814-1848 (list E5), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.
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hierarchy_top_id_raw |
CWM
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hierarchy_sequence |
CWM.00LMS.0013.0002.0001.00023
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