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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/B/OMS/C A1 O3
TitleLetters of mission secretaries to Secretaries at headquarters
Extent792 docs.
Date1827-1880
DescriptionThese were usually written to explain and enlarge upon matters mentioned in the minutes.
Items include:
/284 Letter relating to duties etc. of committee officers 1851;
/342 Relating to medical treatment in hospital 1854 [see O4/426];
/431 Visit of Prince Alfred 1860;
/556 Ground plan sketch of Institution 1870;
/559 Estimate for building of house at Victoria 1870;
/589 Iron sheeting bought from Bristol firm 1872;
/592 Ground plan of house at Sherbro 1872;
/629 Note of measurements of Wilberforce Memorial Hall 1875;
/640 Pastoral letter from bishop of Sierra Leone [printed] 1875;
/665 Statistical returns, communicants etc. 1876;
/687 Photo of St. Clement's chapel, Cline Town circa 1876;
/702 Letter from F. W. Smart 1877;
/715 Letter to Mohammedans from a Mohammedan relating to the right way to establish a religion 1877;
/726 Letter from S. A. Crowther 1878;
/750, 762 Time-table for Mohammedan mission work 1879;
/755 Copy will of John Bright of Wilberforce Street, Freetown 1865;
/761 Rough pencil sketch map of Plantain Islands circa 1879
Access StatusOpen
Administrative HistoryThe following were secretaries:
Thomas Davey Oct 1827-Feb 1829; C. L. F. Haensel Jan 1830-Feb 1831, Dec 1831-Dec 1832; J. G. Wilhelm and John Gerber May-Jul 1831; J. Raban Jan 1832-Jul 1833, Dec 1834-Jun 1835, Jan-Jul 1836; J. F. Schon Aug 1833-Sep 1834, Jul-Oct 1835, Aug 1836-Aug 1837, Apr 1840; G. A. Kissling Jan 1838-Feb 1840; J. U. Graf Feb-Mar 1840, Apr 1850-Mar 1852, Jan 1853-Jan 1855; J. W. Weeks Jun 1840-Feb 1841; J. Warburton Feb 1841-Jan 1846, Mar 1848-Mar 1850; N. Denton Feb 1846-Feb 1848, Oct 1850; E. Jones Apr-Dec 1852, Mar 1855-Feb 1858, Feb-Oct 1860, Jan 1861-Jan 1864; Samuel Black Mar 1858; E. F. Ehemann Apr 1858-Dec 1859; James Hamilton Nov 1860, Dec 1863-Jan 1864, Apr 1867-Sep 1868, May-Jul 1871; G. R. Caiger Dec 1863, Feb 1864-Mar 1867, Sep 1868-Apr 1870; H. C. Binns Dec 1863; James A. Lamb Oct 1870-Dec 1873, May-Dec 1879; L. Nicholson Jan 1874-Apr 1876, Dec 1876-May 1879; Metcalfe Sunter May 1876- Apr 1879, Feb-Nov 1880
Related MaterialFor mission secretaries' personal correspondence see the files under their names.
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