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
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

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title Manuscript entitled 'Extract of a letter from Mr [Thomas] Morgan dated Basseterre St Kitts March 9th 1821'
scb_date_creation c1821
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scb_extent 2 pages
format Archive
description 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).
scb_access_status Open
scb_conditions_gov_access Only to be viewed on microfiche
scb_copyright Copyright held by Methodist Missionary Society
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number 5
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