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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/B/OMS/C A1 E8/85
TitleLetter from Pratt and Bickersteth to MacCarthy [copy]: 15 December 1819: London
Extent1 doc.
Date1819
DescriptionUndeterred by recent setbacks they are sending out more schoolmasters and 2 chaplains. They adhere to their belief that the employment of native evangelists in the Bassa country can only benefit the Colony. They question the advisability of his founding many small native settlements rather than a few large ones which would be more easily administered.
They are offering Leic. Mt. to the government and plan to establish substantial buildings at Regents Town to continue the work.
Access StatusOpen
Physical DescriptionE5-8: The numbers are all original numbers with minor amendments.
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