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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/B/OMS/C A1 E4/115
TitleLetter from J. Hook to William Allen, Esq.: 3 June 1815: Senegal
Extent1 doc.
Date1815
DescriptionAn eloquent plea for a schoolmaster and chaplain, with some artificers, to be sent to Senegal, which has been neglected educationally for the 6 years since its capture. Hook points out its advantageous position for developing trade and cultivation along the Senegal river and the good will of MacCarthy and the Europeans towards education and religion.
Access StatusOpen
Physical DescriptionE4: The numbers are archivist's numbers throughout, there being no original numbers.

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