Letter from John Smith, 24 June 1819, Plantation Le Resouvenir, Demerary [Demerara]

Material Information

Title:
Letter from John Smith, 24 June 1819, Plantation Le Resouvenir, Demerary [Demerara]
Series Title:
CWM. LMS. West Indies & British Guiana. Demerara. Incoming Correspondence
Creator:
Smith, John, 1792?-1824 ( author, primary )
Place of Publication:
Plantation Le Resouvenir, Demerary [Demerara]
Publication Date:

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Missions ( LCSH )
Slavery ( LCSH )
Spatial Coverage:
South America -- Guyana -- Demerara
Coordinates:
6.8121 x -58.1701

Notes

Abstract:
Condition of the mission station. Alteration and repair of Chapel. Financial contribution of congregation. Practicability of a mission station at Mahaica now that there is a Wesleyan chapel there - identfies a possible site in the vicinity (4-5 miles away). He reports approaches from enslaved people in the region for the establishment of a mission church and costs of doing so. Asks the Directors to turn their attention to the area for expansion of the mission work. Refers to J. Gladstone Esq. of Liverpool and asks for Directors to ask him to authorise the writer to teach the enslaved people on his plantation (3-400 people on the plantation adjoining Le Resouuvenir). Also a need for a schoolmaster to teach the 'great number of Creoles under 10 years of age'. ( en )
General Note:
Dated: 24 June 1819
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Smith, John, 1792?-1824 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/212091818
General Note:
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General Note:
Deposited on indefinite loan by the Council for World Mission.

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SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
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Resource Identifier:
CWM/LMS/British Guiana. Demerara/Incoming Correspondence/Box 2 ( Order with reference )
CWM/LMS/12/02/04/013/010 ( SOAS CALM reference )