| Description | Broadly arranged as correspondence with American societies 1820-1826 (pages 1-40); with Upper Canada 1827 (pages 40-41) and with European societies including Basel Missionary Society 1820-1838, Paris and Swedish Missionary Societies (pages 42-321).
Pages 16-17: correspondence concerning subscriptions for 'the maintenance and education of children' in Ceylon [Sri Lanka] or India, 1821.
Pages 37-40: letters sent to various societies asking if they know of any 'Persons of Colour' from America who would be fitted to provide religious instruction to 'Liberated Africans' [formerly enslaved persons] in Sierra Leone; the CMS Committee 'having been led to suppose that there may be many such in America who have the requisite piety, talent and knowledge to fit them for such an office' and believing that they would be better equipped than Europeans to cope with the climate, 1826.
Pages 51-53, 58-59: letters to Reverend Theophilus Blumhardt, regarding problems relating to Anglicanism and Lutheran ordination and the 'hint' of missionaries showing a preference for literary work over 'missionary pursuits'; advantages of sending out missionaries who are married, 1821.
Pages 71-72: letter to Mr A Tholuck, missionary candidate, outlining arrangements for his acceptance as CMS missionary for Malta, October 1822. |