Joseph Rhodes Dunwell journal

Journal (15 October 1834 to 15 June 1835) begins just prior to his departure from England and ends a few days before his death in Ghana. With six letters written by various individuals to Rev John Kilner containing biographical information on Dunwell, 1884-1885.


Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/FBN 8 (fiche 324-326)
Date(s) of creation: 1834-1885
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Dunwell; Jospeh Rhodes (1807-1835); tea trader, ordained missionary

Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/FBN 8 (fiche 324-326)
Summary: Journal (15 October 1834 to 15 June 1835) begins just prior to his departure from England and ends a few days before his death in Ghana. With six letters written by various individuals to Rev John Kilner containing biographical information on Dunwell, 1884-1885.
Main author: Dunwell; Jospeh Rhodes (1807-1835); tea trader, ordained missionary
Extent: 1 volume and six letters
Admin history: Joseph Rhodes Dunwell was born in 1807 and grew up in Pool-in-Wharfdale, Yorkshire. A disagreement with his parents over his faith meant he moved out of the family home and travelled to London. He continued his association with the Wesleyan Methodist Church, becoming a local preacher in Southwark in 1831, whilst earning a living as tea dealer. He was accepted as a minister in 1834 and answered, at short notice, a request by a group of Ghanaian Christians for a missionary and Bibles to be brought with him. Arriving at Cape Coast, Ghana, on 1 Jan ... View more
Arrangement: 1834-1835 & 1884-1885
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 for Joseph Rhodes Dunwell (MMS/West Africa/Correspondence/Gold Coast/FBN 9). An account of Dunwell's last days and his death - based on extracts from the journal of Joseph Smith - is published in Wesleyan Missionary Notices (November 1836).
Format: Archive