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MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts/FBN 1 (fiche 3)
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| Summary: |
Typed transcripts of two letters written by Raston (one from London the other from Freetown, Sierra Leone) to Kirkby between 1845 and 1846, regarding his departure for Sierra Leone and the subsequent death of his wife [Jane Padley] .
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| Extent: |
8 pages
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| Admin history: |
Rev Thomas Raston (d. 1896) served as a missionary for the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in Sierra Leone from 1842 until 1851 and in Australia for the WMMS and the Australian Methodist Church 1852 until 1896. |
| Access status: |
Open
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| Access conditions: |
Only to be viewed on microfiche.
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| Copyright: |
Copyright held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes |
| User restrictions: |
For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance |
| Language: |
English
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| Related material: |
Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence for Thomas Raston both in Sierra Leone (MMS/West Africa/Correspondence/Sierra Leone/FBN 25-26) and the start of his career in Australia (MMS/Australasia/Correspondence/Australia/FBN 3). The latter letters are few in number but include an account of his shipwrecking off Brazil. Furthermore, the synod minutes will mention his work, and the work of his colleagues, in both Sierra Leone (MMS/West Africa/Synod Minutes/Sierra Leone/FBN 7) and Australia (MMS/Australasia/Synod Minutes/FBN 1).
An account of the Wesleyan Methodist mission in Sierra Leone written by him is also available (MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/FBN 4). Lastly, an obituary for Thomas Raston appears in Wesleyan Missionary Notices, 1896, pp 170-172 whilst an obituary for his first wife appears in William Fox's 'A Brief History of the Wesleyan Missions on the Western Coast of Africa' (1851). |
Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence for Thomas Raston both in Sierra Leone (MMS/West Africa/Correspondence/Sierra Leone/FBN 25-26) and the start of his career in Australia (MMS/Australasia/Correspondence/Australia/FBN 3). The latter letters are few in number but include an account of his shipwrecking off Brazil. Furthermore, the synod minutes will mention his work, and the work of his colleagues, in both Sierra Leone (MMS/West Africa/Synod Minutes/Sierra Leone/FBN 7) and Australi ... View more |
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Archive
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