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...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/13/02/01/029 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/Mauritius/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
Date(s) of creation: 1 Jan - 23 Dec 1841
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Mauritius/Incoming correspondence/Box 2
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 [Jean Le Brun, Jean Lebrun, John Lebrun] (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           

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