| Level | Item |
| Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) | CMS/B/OMS/C A1 E2/46 |
| Title | Letter from Butscher to Secretary: 15 January 1811: Sierra Leone |
| Extent | 1 doc. |
| Date | 1811 |
| Description | The scarcity of rice during the rains sent the price soaring in the Rio Pongas to £50 per ton. Starting with a good supply at the beginning of the rice harvest, the station was down to a fortnight's supply and some of the families died of hunger before Butscher applied to Fananders, chief of Bramia. He sent 2 baskets of clean rice and an offer of 2 tons threshed if Butscher could fetch it. He told Butscher to pay when he could and asked for baptism and a school for his children. Butscher is now is S. L. to secure supplies for Bashia and Fantimania. He found Nylander physically well but low-spirited through the loss of his wife. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Physical Description | E2: 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. |