Series of letters (some copies) from Forster & Smith, London, to T B Freeman, Cape Coast [Ghana]
Costs of provisions and supplies. However, a number of the letters discuss business interests, the Colonial Office and West Africa, the war in the Crimea, mutual friends, the death and estate of Mr Sinclair (for whom Freeman is an executor) and occasionally British politics. Most of the more discurs...
| Order number: |
MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/597B |
|---|---|
| Date(s) of creation: |
c January 1855-December 1855 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/597B |
|---|---|
| Summary: |
Costs of provisions and supplies. However, a number of the letters discuss business interests, the Colonial Office and West Africa, the war in the Crimea, mutual friends, the death and estate of Mr Sinclair (for whom Freeman is an executor) and occasionally British politics. Most of the more discursive letters were written by J Forster. |
| Extent: |
38 sheets |
| Custodial history: | Given to the Methodist Church by Mrs H Birtwhistle of Worcester |
| Acquisition: |
Transferred to SOAS, March 2003 |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Copyright: | Copyright held by Methodist Missionary SocietyApply to SOAS Archives & Special Collections in the first instance |
| Language: | English |
| File number: |
15 |
| Format: | Archive |