Letter from T[homas] Coke, 'On the South Pacific Ocean, not a great way from the Island of Madagascar' to the Missionary Committee via Revd Robert Smith, 8 John's Street, Spitalfields, London

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Sending this letter via a British Frigate which is going to the Isle of France [Mauritius] but letter unlikely to reach Smith before [Wesleyan Methodist] Conference concludes. Already sent letters via 'Brazils', St Helena and the Cape [of Good Hope, South Africa] where he has requested [Wesleyan Methodist] Conference to send him two licenced missionaries to work on the Continent [India] - as well as a licence for himself to Calcutta [Kolkata, India] in May or June next year. Should enquire for him with Rev Tho[mas] Thomason, Chaplain to East India Company or for George Udney. Asks Smith to write to him via one of these two.

Has letters of recommendation for Bombay [Mumbai, India]. Unless he has the two missionaries he requests then he will not have any missionaries for Travancore, Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], Tanjore [Thanjavur], Madras [Chennai], Calcutta [Kolkata] and Rajamaughl [all India]. Reiterates message in former letters that he will lend or give the money for the mission. Promises to write from Bombay [Mumbai].

In a postscript repeats need for two missionaries and Thomason and Udney as contacts. Will visit Ceylon [Sri Lanka] from Bombay [Mumbai]. Will be heartbroken if there is no one to take up his work. Passes on regards of companions.

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A transcript apppears on page 724 of 'The letters of Dr. Thomas Coke' edited by John A. Vickers (2013).

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North AmericaMMS/02

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EuropeMMS/04

AfricaMMS/05

West AfricaMMS/06

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Ceylon [Sri Lanka]MMS/08

IndiaMMS/09

Southern IndiaMMS/10

Northern IndiaMMS/11

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Biographical PapersMMS/17/02

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Joseph BlakeMMS/17/02/00/01

Mr & Mrs Herbert OsbornMMS/17/02/00/02

Rev Dr Thomas CokeMMS/17/02/00/03

CorrespondenceMMS/17/02/00/03/01

Letters written by Thomas CokeMMS/17/02/00/03/01/01

Letter from Thomas Coke, South Petherton [Somerset], to Mr [Walter] Churchey, Att[orne]y at Law, near the Hay, Breconshire, South WalesMMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/01

Letter from Thomas Coke, Leeds [Yorkshire], to 'My very dear brother'MMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/02

Letter from Thomas Coke, Bristol [Gloucestershire], to Mr Tho[ma]s Williams, Att[orne]y at Law, Brecon, So[uth] WalesMMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/03

Letter from Thomas Coke, London, to Mr [Richard] Rodda, Burslem, StaffordshireMMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/04

Letter from Thomas Coke, London, to Tho[ma]s Williams, Att[orne]y at Law, Brecknock [Breconshire, Wales]MMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/05

Letter from Thomas Coke, 'on the Atlantic Ocean, near Barbadoes' to Mr [Thomas] Ridgway, at the Preaching-house or Preacher's Lodgings, Cavan, IrelandMMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/06

Letter from T[homas] Coke, Dublin, to Revd Mr [William] Warrener, Methodist Chapel, Basse Terre, St Christopher's [Basseterre, St Kitts]MMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/07

Letter from T[homas] Coke, Hague, Holland, to Mr [Walter] Churchy, Att[orne]y at Law, Hay, Breconshire, So[uth] WalesMMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/08

Letter from T[homas] Coke, Dublin, to Mr Holder, Methodist Chapel, Douglas, Isle of ManMMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/09

Letter from T[homas] Coke, Downpatrick, Ireland, to Mr Tho[ma]s Williams, Att[orne]y at Law, Brecon, South WalesMMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/10

Negative photostat copy of letter from T[homas] Coke, Hoxton [Middx], to the Directors of the [London] Missionary Society, Feb[ruar]y 26 1798MMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/11

Letter from T[homas] Coke, Bangor Ferry, to [Thomas Williams]MMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/12

Letter from T[homas] Coke, Raithby-Hall, Lincolnshire, to Revd Joshua [Marsden], Nova S[cotia], [Canada]MMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/13

Letter from T[homas] Coke, Stockport [Cheshire], to Revd James Wood, Methodist Chapel, Manchester [Lancashire]MMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/14

Negative photostat copy of letter from T[homas] Coke, Plymouth Dock, or rather Milbrook, Cornwall, to John Holloway, Bank of England [London], 25 March 1812MMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/15

Letter from T[homas] Coke, Conference-Room, Liverpool [Lancashire], to Dr Oxley, North Shields [Northumberland]MMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/16

Letter from T[homas] Coke, Conference-Room, Liverpool [Lancashire], to Revd Thomas Ballinghall, Methodist Chapel, Pateley Bridge, YorkshireMMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/17

Letter from T[homas] Coke, Liverpool [Lancashire], to Revd George Banwell, at Mrs Scott's, London St, Reading Berks[hire]MMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/18

Letter from T[homas] Coke & R[obert] Smith, London, to Revd Messrs [George] Morley, [Jabez] Bunting & [Robert] Pilter, Methodist Chapel, Leeds [Yorkshire]MMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/19

Letter from T[homas] Coke, London, to Revd Jabez Bunting, Methodist Chapel, Leeds [Yorkshire]MMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/20

Letter from T[homas] Coke, 'on board the Cabalva, Indiaman,' to Rev Mr [Jabez] Bunting, Methodist Chapel, Leeds, [Yorkshire]MMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/21

Letter from T[homas] Coke, 'off Madeira', to Revd Jabez Bunting, Leeds, YorkshireMMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/22

Letter from T[homas] Coke, 'At Sea, Six Degrees of Latitude, South of the Equinoctinal Line', to Revd Jabez Bunting, Leeds, YorkshireMMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/23

Letter from T[homas] Coke, 'At Sea, 8 degrees & a half of Latitude, South', to [Wesleyan Methodist] Conference via Revd Jabez Bunting, Leeds, YorkshireMMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/24

Letter from T[homas] Coke, 'At Sea, 24 degrees of Latitude, south of the Equator, not a great way from the coast of Brazils' to the [Wesleyan Methodist] Conference and the Missionary Committee via Revd Robert Smith, 8 John Street, Spitalfields, LondonMMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/25

Letter from T[homas] Coke, 'At Sea, 30 degrees of Latitude, South of the Equator, 49 degrees of Longitude distant from the Cape of Good Hope' to Revd Mr [Richard] Reece, Bradford, YorkshireMMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/26

Letter from T[homas] Coke, 'On the South Pacific Ocean, not a great way from the Island of Madagascar' to the Missionary Committee via Revd Robert Smith, 8 John's Street, Spitalfields, LondonMMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/27

Note from T[homas] Coke to Will[iam] Marriott jun[io]r, 22 York-Place, City Road [London]MMS/17/02/00/03/01/01/28

Letter written to Thomas CokeMMS/17/02/00/03/01/02

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