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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/B/OMS/C A1 E2/19 [19]
TitleLetter from J. G. Wilhelm and J. S. Klein to Secretary: November 1809: Sierra Leone
Extent1 doc.
Date1809
DescriptionGives Wenzel's letter describing Nylander's reception of the Wenzels and Barneth when detained by Dawes in Freetown [see 9].
Nylander resented their lodging with him and was tyrannical and quarrelsome, demanding full pay for their board and service and showing no compassion for Mrs. Wenzel's illness. By misunderstanding Barneth took a copper pot of Nylander's away and Nylander wrote to Butscher that they were manifest theives and wrote insultingly of Mrs. Wenzel.
Access StatusOpen
Physical DescriptionE2: The numbers are original numbers and the first 17 documents bear either one or two crossed-out numbers as well. Several numbers are missing and so marked and several documents had been previously transferred to other series and are so marked.

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