Mauritius,1841
includes letters from Port Louis by: David Jones and Edward Baker (jointly), Port Louis - David Griffiths' expenditure. David Jones, Port Louis - David Griffiths at Comoro Islands trying to fetch back Madagascar fugitives; Jones' doctor and friends would wish him a change of climate but he would at...
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Mauritius/Incoming correspondence/Box 2 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
1 Jan - 23 Dec 1841 |
| 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 Jones and Edward Baker (jointly), Port Louis - David Griffiths' expenditure.
David Jones, Port Louis - David Griffiths at Comoro Islands trying to fetch back Madagascar fugitives; Jones' doctor and friends would wish him a change of climate but he would attempt to regain strength at E Mauritian seaside
David Johns - intends visiting Comoro Islands and Western coast of Madagascar; going to Tamatave [Toamasina]; French active; school report
Edward Baker and John Le Brun (jointly) - widow of David Jones [née Mary Ann Mabille] returning to England
Various correspondents - cost of assisting Malagasy fugitives etc
Edward Baker - corrected details of martyrdoms; David Griffiths toured Comoro Islands, then went to England with a 'free' scheme likely to bring disrepute; Baker and David Johns have kept clear; some Malagasy come to Mauritius a second time but the greatest evil is drink: he founding a Temperance Society to oppose it.
John Le Brun, printed report on school |
| Extent: |
14 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
Folder 4, Jackets D |
| 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 |