Newspaper cutting criticising missionaries evangelising to negroes

Letter to the editor of the 'Guiana Chronicle [and Demerara] Gazette' from 'Scintillator', dated 20 July 1817, describing missionaries as 'mercernary, intermeddling, illiterate - as public spies - as private traducers - as troublesome, and ungrateful sojourners in a land where they feed on milk and...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Various Papers/FBN 45 (fiche 2022)
Date(s) of creation: 11 Aug 1817
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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Various Papers/FBN 45 (fiche 2022)
Summary: Letter to the editor of the 'Guiana Chronicle [and Demerara] Gazette' from 'Scintillator', dated 20 July 1817, describing missionaries as 'mercernary, intermeddling, illiterate - as public spies - as private traducers - as troublesome, and ungrateful sojourners in a land where they feed on milk and honey.'
Extent: 1 item
Access status: Open
Access conditions: Only to be viewed on microfiche
Language: English
File number: 2
Format: Archive