Mauritius,1835

includes letters from: John Le Brun, 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...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/13/02/01/023 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/Mauritius/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Date(s) of creation: March 1835 - 31 December 1835
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.13.02.01.023
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Mauritius/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
callnumber CWM/LMS/13/02/01/023
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/13/02/01/023
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/13/02/01/023
prefix_number 023
title Mauritius,1835
scb_date_creation March 1835 - 31 December 1835
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 18 items
format Archive
description includes letters from: John Le Brun, 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
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 1, Jackets A & B
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.
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0013.0002.0001.00023

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