| Description | /1: 7 November 1822: at request of Captain Mackay of Amsterdam sends testimonial for Mr de Haas as a missionary to Africa; he is 38 and a catechist, has been in the army. /2: 22 July 1823: Mr de Haas is now going out to the Cape; Basel Seminary said he was too old, but he has gone independently, some of the Dutch ministers having raised a subscription for him. |