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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/B/OMS/C A1 E2/47a [47]
TitleLetter from Nylander to Secretary: 7 May 1811: Sierra Leone
Extent1 doc.
Date1811
DescriptionHe has visited Kakara and Bashia where Butscher's school prospers. With the demand for schools in Bramia and S. L. schoolmasters are badly needed. Only 1 of 3 recently sent by the African Institution is serving.
The schoolmistress appointed by the Governor for the Colony is maintaining his wife's day-school. Nylander still suffers from chest trouble and would prefer direct missionary service to his Colonial duties [see 95]. Governor Columbine's leaving the Colony is regretted by all.
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 previousy transferred to other series and are so marked.

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