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“...BRANCH ASSOCIATION FOR
THE MAURITIUS
OF THE
Ladies Society
FOR
PROMOTING THE EARLY EDUCATION AND IMPROVEMENT
OF THE
CHILDREN OF NEGROES AND OF PEOPLE OF COLOUR
IN
THE BRITISH WEST INDIES.
FORMED JANUARY 7, 1836.
Patroness.
THE HONOURABLE DOWAGER LADY GREY.
Vice-Patronesses.
LADY BRODIE. LADY TOWNSHEND FARQUHAR.
HON. LADY (CHARLES) COLVILLE. MRS. R. M. THOMAS.
LADY DARLING.
Treasurer.
MRS. SAMUEL HOARE, JUN., Hampstead.
Secretaries.
MRS. HART DAVIS, Hampstead. MRS. CAREY, 44, Cadogan Place, Chelsea.
Bankers.
MESSRS. BARCLAY, BEVAN, AND CO., Lombard Street.
ADDRESS.
The Ladies’ Society, under the Patronage of Her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Beaufort, com-
menced its labours in the West Indies about eleven years ago, and the advantages which have
accrued in those Colonies to that portion of the population whose benefit was contemplated, has
been gratefully...”
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“...when the
British and Foreign Bible Society asked for returns of the number of Slaves who could read, and
who would thereby be entitled to its gift of the Testament and Psalter, one Chaplain replied he
knew of six, while the other could name only four.
The Committee of the Ladies’ Negro Education Society having been earnestly solicited to extend
their operations to the Mauritius, looking for help from the same Divine Source on which they have
hitherto relied, have consented to have a Branch Association formed for that Island, which, while it
will derive the benefit of their experience and advice, will have distinct officers and funds, and thus
preclude any encroachment on the original object of the Parent Society, while a sufficient guarantee
will be given to the Public, for the careful and prudent management of the important work about to
be entered upon. The Mauritius having long been a French Colony, the consequent difference
of language, will present many difficulties; but the Planters...”
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“................... 10 0
Lady Acland............................... 0 10 0
Hon. Capt. Wellesley, R.N................ 10 0
Rev. J. Lugger............................ 10 0
Capt. Jenkinson, R.N...................... 10 0
George Head, Esq., Rickerby Hall...........10 0 0
A Friend, by Dowager Lady Grey............. 0 2 6
Mrs. Long, Maxwell Hall ...................10 0 0
Lord Barham ............................... 2 0 0
Lady Thompson ............................. 0 10 0
Dublin Branch Association of the Ladies’ Negro
Education Society .................... 10 0
Miss Hunter Blair, Portobello...........,. 2 0
A Friend, by Miss Blair..................... 1 0
Mrs. Hoate, Hampstead ...................... 5 0
Miss Hoare, Hampstead ..................j. 2 0
Miss Gurney and Miss Buxton ................ 2 0
Right Hon. Lord Bexley...................... 5 0
David Barclay, Esq., M.P.................... 5 0
Major-General Sir H. Worsley, K.C.B., Isle of
Wight ..............”
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