Manuscript entitled 'Extract of a letter from Mr [Thomas] Morgan dated Basseterre St Kitts March 9th 1821'

Mentions events between 22 February and 17 March. Along with Mr [Charles] Janion as well as the Chief Judge and others went to collect subscriptions and donations for the missionary society (formed last August). Happy that such co-operative work is now possible, particularly given previous problems....

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/FBN 43
Date(s) of creation: c1821
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Order number: MMS/Special Series/FBN 43
Summary: Mentions events between 22 February and 17 March. Along with Mr [Charles] Janion as well as the Chief Judge and others went to collect subscriptions and donations for the missionary society (formed last August). Happy that such co-operative work is now possible, particularly given previous problems. Able to preach with liberty to a receptive audience. Includes transcriptions of an elderly enslaved women and member of the society recalls preaching of Mr [William] Hammet and Mr Meredith leading to her conversion. Another enslaved women and member of the recounts her abduction from Africa ('Kabby Country') at the age of about 13, her arrival in St Christopher's and her conversion (after hearing Mr [John] Brownell and Mr [Edward] Thompson).
Extent: 2 pages
Access status: Open
Access conditions: Only to be viewed on microfiche
Copyright: Copyright held by Methodist Missionary Society
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
File number: 5
Format: Archive