Miscellaneous
3 volume manuscript entitled 'A Natural, Civil and Religious History of Montserrat in the West Indies....by a Wesleyan Missionary' (after 1826). Letter from [John] Wiggins, Jamaica, to Messrs [George] Marsden & [Richard] Watson [General Secretaries of the WMMS], 77 Hatton Gardens, London, 28 Aug...
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MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Indies/FBN 2 (fiche 32-47) |
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1691-1893 |
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SOAS Archive |
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MMS.17.02.02.01 |
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Archive & Special Collections |
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Reference only |
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MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Indies/FBN 2 (fiche 32-47) |
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MMS/17/02/02/01 |
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MMS/17/02/02/01 |
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MMS/17/02/02/01 |
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Miscellaneous |
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1691-1893 |
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Sub-series |
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7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File |
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27 items |
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Archive |
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3 volume manuscript entitled 'A Natural, Civil and Religious History of Montserrat in the West Indies....by a Wesleyan Missionary' (after 1826).
Letter from [John] Wiggins, Jamaica, to Messrs [George] Marsden & [Richard] Watson [General Secretaries of the WMMS], 77 Hatton Gardens, London, 28 August 1817, with enclosure entitled 'Remarks on the Slave Curates Bill' (27 August 1817).
Printed pamphlet entitled 'Accounts of the Earthquake in Antigua on the 8th February 1843'.
Transcript of correspondence between Jonathan Edmondson, Chairman of the [WMMS Jamaica] District, and Howe Philip, Marques of Sligo [Governor of Jamaica], re his Excellency's departure, as published in 'The Cornwall Chronicle', Jamaica, 31 August 1837.
Manuscript entitled 'The Substance of a Discourse Delivered at the opening of the New Chapel in Charles-Town Nevis Aug 1st 1802', being a sermon based on Exodus 20.24. With covering letter (20 September 1802) to Rev Doctor [Thomas] Coke attached.
Manuscript entitled 'The first decree being the Substance of a Funeral Discourse delivered in the town of Falmouth in the Island of Jamaica on Sunday 31st of May at Ochorios in the Parish of St Ann Sunday June 7th and in the Wesleyan Chapel Spanish Town Sunday the 14th June 1835 on the Death of the Revds Messrs Charles Wilcox, William Wood and Ja[me]s Corbitt Wesleyan Missionaries by John Corlett Wesleyan Missionary.
Printed final draft of the missionaries and districts of the Eastern Section of the West Indian Conference, 1893.
Untitled manuscript being a copy (scribe unkown) of Thomas Clarkson's 1845 'Review of the Rev Thomas B Freeman's Journals of Visits to Ashanti, etc: with remarks on the present situation of Africa, and its spiritual prospects', mid C19th.
Printed appendix (incomplete) to the report of the committee to enquire into the rebellion [in Jamaica, 1832] containing examinations of witnesses and confessions of those charged, c1833.
'An Act for relieving the Slave Population from the obligations imposed upon them by the recent Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland intituled "An Act for the Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Colonies; for promoting the Industry of the manumitted Slaves; and for compensating the Persons hitherto entitled to the services of such slaves"'. Antigua, 5th June 1834.
Copy of an address presented to the friends of Sir Fouell [Fowell] Buxton on the erection of a monument to his memory by Captain J F Dorvelas Dorval of the Haitian Army, May 1846. French with English translation.
Photograph of [West Indies Conference] with names of those depicted on the reverse, 1890s.
Power of attorney. William Bird, Jamaica, vesting said power in Edward Bird, Merchant, London. 21 October 1691.
Copies of three documents issued by the magistrates of St Mary, Jamaica, regarding the detention and subsequent imprisonment (until a fine of £10 is paid) of John Greenwood - 'of the Methodist persuasion' - for preaching without a licence and also revoking the licence for preaching at Robert Glover's house in Port Maria Bay, July 1832.
'The Antigua Standard', 1 April 1893, which includes an article on the loss of the 'Maria' mail boat in 1826.
Manuscript entitled 'A Review of the Anti-Methodistical Parts of "Medical And Miscellaneous Observations, Relative to the West India Islands. By John Williamson, M.D." etc. etc. Including An Account of the Designs and Proceedings of The Wesleyan Methodist Missionaries; Their Instructions from the "Managing Committee"; And their Doctrines and Discipline: And Also, A Refutation of the Changes preferred against them By Dr Williamson, Mr Marriat, and others. In a Letter To The Rev: Josh Benson, Editor of the Methodist Magazine etc. By A Missionary.' c1817.
Manuscript entitled 'Sketch of the Wesleyan Mission in the Island of St Bartholomew's', West Indies. Drawn up for the use of the Swedish Missionary Society', ?1830
Manuscript in 4 volumes entitled 'Series of Tracts for Slaves in the West Indies' by a 'Wesleyan Methodist Missionary', undated. Part I - 'A Conversation on Marriages between Quacco the Head Driver on an Estate and the Missionary who visits it'; part II - 'A Conversation on Marriage Between Quacco the Head Driver and Quasheba his companion; and the Missionary who visits the Estate'; part III - 'The Marriage of Quacco and Quasheba'; part IV - 'An Address to Quacco and Quasheba after their Marriage'. Mid C19th.
Manuscript volume, entitled 'Letters Respecting the Wesleyan Methodist Missionaries in the Colonies' containing copies of correspondence (1817-1818) from government officials, enslavers who own enslaved people, etc, in the West Indies in response to questions asked by Joseph Butterworth and Tho[mas] Thompson, MPs, as to the effect of the preaching to and teaching of enslaved people by WMMS missionaries, 1818. |
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3576396 3578097 3489940 7729891 3575174 3578476 |
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Open |
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Only to be viewed on microfiche |
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English French |
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English French |
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Latin |
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Copy of Clarkson's review of Freeman's journals identified by Garrett Nagaishi, June 2016 |
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MMS |
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MMS.0017.0002.0002.0001 |