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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/B/OMS/C A1 E3/7
TitleLetter from Nylander to Secretary: 7 June 1812: Sierra Leone
Extent1 doc.
Date1812
DescriptionHe sends letters from the Rio Pongas missionaries. S. L. free schools are decreasing and services could not be held on 2 Sundays because the church let in rain. He has accumulated about 1,000 Bullom words besides phrases, fables and letters, and has translated 2 chapters of St. Matthew and is compiling a grammar. Pronunciation is difficult, although construction is simpler than Susu. Renner is enlarging Bashia and Wenzel has moved to Canoffee. The Kleins remain at Kakara.
Access StatusOpen
Physical DescriptionE3: The numbers are original numbers up to E3/29. Thereafter there were no original numbers and they have been given archivist's numbers. Many of the documents up to E3/38 bear one or two crossed-out original numbers. A few of the numbers up to E3/29 are missing and so marked.

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