Mauritius,1837
includes letters from Port Louis by: David Johns - Comora [Comoro] Islands unpromising; work among Malagasy in Mauritius; sailed for Tamatave [Toamasina] Edward Baker - set up printing press; birth of daughter; Malagasy overseers' cruelty; return to Madagascar useless without liberty to preach; extr...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Mauritius/Incoming correspondence/Box 2 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
11 Jan - 6 Dec 1837 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Mauritius/Incoming correspondence/Box 2 |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from Port Louis by:
David Johns - Comora [Comoro] Islands unpromising; work among Malagasy in Mauritius; sailed for Tamatave [Toamasina]
Edward Baker - set up printing press; birth of daughter; Malagasy overseers' cruelty; return to Madagascar useless without liberty to preach; extracts from Malagasy letters; school work; orders German books; the Madagascar persecution
John Le Brun [Jean Le Brun, Jean Lebrun, John Lebrun] - New chapel, plans etc; opposition thereto
David Jones - 3-month journey from England, death of daughter at sea; interview with governor Sir William Nicolay; Jones wants regulation preventing preaching in Malagasy altered; tours Mauritius with John Le Brun, places in Mauritius needing missionaries; Catholics & Protestants in Mauritius; he will remain in Port Louis
John Manger - French agent arrives in Madagascar
Rafaravavy [mistakenly] feared dead |
| Extent: |
22 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 2 |
| 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. |
| Format: | Archive |