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G - General Secretary's Department - 1799-1966
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14 - Incoming correspondence from missionary societies in Europe and North America 1820-1866 - 1820-1866
14A - Evangelical Missionary Society, Basel (originally 'German Missionary Society', later 'Basel Mission', now 'mission21') - 1820-1850
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Item
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CMS/G/AC 14A/200
Title
Letter from Dr William Hoffmann, Basel
Extent
1 item
Date
1848
Description
Dated 23 May. Deerr has been requested by Basel to take up residence in Wilhelmsdorf; he refused to go but suggested that he emigrated to the United States and took up farming; discusses problems of Deerr's allowances, especially for his children. Has been unable to find an agriculturalist for West Africa; suggests training a man at the Royal Agricultural Institution at Hohenheim.
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