| Order number: |
MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/FBN 4 (fiche 123)
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| Summary: |
Memoir (205 pages with three hand drawn illustrations) by the Rev Dillon, c1903. Also six images comprising four photographs (c1903) taken by W S Johnston of Wesleyan churches in Freetown, Sierra Leone (Buxton Church, the former Zion Church & Mission House, Wesley Church and Portuguese Town Church) and two magazine images of Wesley Church in Cape Coast [Ghana] and an 'Old West Africa Mission Boat'. With correspondence (1903-1905), mainly written by Dillion to F W McDonald [editor of 'Work and Workers in the Mission Field'], enquiring into the possibility of the memoir being published.
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| Main author: |
Dillon; Robert (fl 1854-1907); ordained missionary |
| Extent: |
2 folders
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| Admin history: |
The Rev Robert Dillon was ordained in 1854 and shortly afterwards sent to Sierra Leone where he arrived on 17th April 1854. Unfortunately throughout his entire tenure he suffered from bouts of malaria and was eventually invalided home in 1859. After spending some time recovering in Salcombe, Devon, he worked in a number of circuits and districts throughout Britain but principally in the South-West and West of England. He became a supernumerary whilst at Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, in 1894. He died on 8th March 1907. |
| Custodial history: |
Probably sent by the British Records Association to the Methodist Missionary Society. |
| Access status: |
Open
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| Access conditions: |
Only to be viewed on microfiche
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| Language: |
English
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| Related material: |
Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence for Robert Dillon (MMS/West Africa/Correspondence/Gold Coast/FBN 26). Furthermore, the synod minutes will mention his work, and the work of his colleagues, in the Sierra Leone District (MMS/West Africa/Synod Minutes/Sierra Leone/FBN 7). |
| Format: |
Archive
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