West Indies

Correspondence primarily regarding the licensing of non-conformit preachers (especially Methodist) in the West Indies (notably for Jamaica and Trinidad) and access to the French quarter of Saint Martin. With parliamentary and colonial publications, mainly on education, and newspapers (with the odd c...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/FBN 43 & 45
Date(s) of creation: 1800-1870
Level: Sub-Sub-Series
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id MMS.17.03.03.06
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with MMS/Special Series/FBN 43 & 45
callnumber MMS/17/03/03/06
callnumber_txt MMS/17/03/03/06
callnumber-sort MMS/17/03/03/06
prefix_number 06
title West Indies
scb_date_creation 1800-1870
scb_level Sub-Sub-Series
level_sort 6/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/
scb_extent 139 items
format Archive
description Correspondence primarily regarding the licensing of non-conformit preachers (especially Methodist) in the West Indies (notably for Jamaica and Trinidad) and access to the French quarter of Saint Martin. With parliamentary and colonial publications, mainly on education, and newspapers (with the odd cutting) on the conduct of missionaries, anti-slavery activities, work amoung enslaved people, and colonial administration.
scb_access_status Open
scb_conditions_gov_access Only to be viewed on microfiche
language English
French
language_search English
French
note For biographical information on Joseph Butterworth (1770-1826), MP, Rev Dr Thomas Coke (1747-1814), Thomas Allan (1774-1845) and William Fish (1763-1843) please consult the online Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland hosted by The Wesley Historical Society. Biographical information on John Wray (1779-1837) can be found in James Sibree's 'London Missionary Society: a register of missionaries, deputations, etc' (1923), a copy of which is held in the SCRR.
hierarchy_top_id_raw MMS
hierarchy_sequence MMS.0017.0003.0003.0006