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Notes
- Abstract:
- Refers to his recent visit to the 'Indians up the Demerary River' [indigenous peoples, Amerindians], as discussed in his previous letter of 8 December 1815. Has seen the Governor upon his return anmd has presented a plan for 'their religious instruction, civilization & for training them up to habits of industry' - this would be the basis of a more permanent 'Mission to the Indians'. Details. ( en )
- General Note:
- Dated: 20 March 1816
- General Note:
- Bibliographic reference: Sibree, James. London Missionary Society : a register of missionaries, deputations, etc. from 1796 to 1923. (London : London Missionary Society, 1923). Richard Elliott listed on p. 8, entry number 108.
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- Warning: descriptions in this catalogue may reproduce terms found in historical publications and archival documents, including some terms which are now considered discriminatory, harmful or offensive. Such terms have been retained in the catalogue in the interest of historical accuracy and should be seen in the context of attitudes of the period. These terms will appear in inverted commas or will be signposted by other means to indicate that they do not reflect the views or opinions of SOAS Library or our staff. We apologise for any offence that our inclusion of these words may cause.
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- Deposited on indefinite loan by the Council for World Mission.
Record Information
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- SOAS University of London
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- Special Collections
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 This item is licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License. This license allows others to remix, adapt, and build upon this work non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms.- Resource Identifier:
- CWM/LMS/British Guiana. Demerara/Incoming Correspondence/Box 2 ( Order with reference )
CWM/LMS/12/02/04/010/002 ( SOAS CALM reference )
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