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includes letters from:
J Verkey, Isle of France [Mauritius]
John Jeffreys, Ambatomanga - school and building; Mrs Jeffreys [née Keturah Yarnold] ill, taking her to Mauritius
James Hastie, Tananarive [Antananarivo] report on mission schools, instruction in Imerina; his visit to King Radama
David Jones, Tananarive - new trades
David Griffiths, Tananarive - requests printer and press; extract of journals; proposes new station at Fort Dauphin [Faradofay]; report on Malagasy boys educated in England [African peoples in England]; some missionaries to raise money for mission school repository
Mrs Jeffreys [née Keturah Yarnold], Port Louis (Mauritius) - death of John Jeffreys and their daughter Elizabeth
George Chick, Tananarive - working on iron for Radama's palace
John Canham, Ifenoarivo - new station; asks for fiancée to be sent out; tannery begun; Mauritius government grant ended
Thomas Rowlands, Tananarive - educational news; appeal for books introduced mulberry tree
joint letters by:
David Jones, James Hastie and David Griffiths, Tananarive - rules for Madagascar Missionary School Society; appeal to periodical Christian World
William Hankey and George Burder, London, to John Jeffreys - happy settlement of disputes (did not reach Jeffreys)
David Jones and David Griffiths, Tananarive - first prayer meetings in Malagasy language; Radama patron of school society
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