'A Journal of the Methodist Mission in the Island of St: Christophers West Indies'

Manuscript entitled 'A Journal of the Methodist Mission in the Island of St: Christophers West Indies' by 'A Missionary'. Journal begins on 1st February 1801 and ends on the 26th January 1803. Includes some copies and extracts of John Brownell's correspondence and has a covering letter to Rev Dr Cok...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Indies/FBN 2 (fiche 53)
Date(s) of creation: 1801-1803
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Brownell; John (1771-1821); ordained missionary

Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Indies/FBN 2 (fiche 53)
Summary: Manuscript entitled 'A Journal of the Methodist Mission in the Island of St: Christophers West Indies' by 'A Missionary'. Journal begins on 1st February 1801 and ends on the 26th January 1803. Includes some copies and extracts of John Brownell's correspondence and has a covering letter to Rev Dr Coke dated 1st February 1803
Main author: Brownell; John (1771-1821); ordained missionary
Extent: 56 pages
Note: Title from original caption
Admin history: John Brownell was born near Stockport, Cheshire, in 1771. Whilst a local preacher he became interested in missionary work and was approved to be a missionary in the Caribbean in 1794. His missionary career in the West Indies districts included being stationed on St Christopher's, Nevis, Antigua, Providence Island, Demerara and the Virgin Islands (notably Tortola). Brownell singular moral vision led to two incidents that had repercussions for both him and the WMMS. The first took place whilst he was stationed in St Christopher's and N ... View more
Access status: Open
Access conditions: Only to be viewed on microfiche
Copyright: Copyright probably held by Methodist Missionary Society
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Related material: Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence (with journal extracts) for John Brownell (MMS/West Indies/Correspondence/General/FBN 1), although there are only a handful of letters. Thomas Coke's 'An Account of the Rise, Progress and Present State of the Methodist Missions' (1804) includes extracts of a couple of letters from Brownell (originals not held at SOAS).
Format: Archive