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

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.13.02.01.029
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/13/02/01/029
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/13/02/01/029
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/13/02/01/029
prefix_number 029
title Mauritius,1841
scb_date_creation 1 Jan - 23 Dec 1841
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 14 items
format Archive
description 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
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 4, Jackets D
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.0013.0002.0001.00029