Madagascar,1822

Scope and Content

includes letters from:

Earl Bathurst [Secretary of State for War and the Colonies], Downing Street (London) - re youths from Madagascar training in England and return of Coutamauve (Kotomavo)

Dr J A Gilham, London

R Penn, London

Dr Darling, London

LMS, London - draft letter to Earl Bathurst

J Dyer (Admiralty), London

J Pickton, London

Dr Rutherford, HMS Andromache (at sea) - death of Coutamauve

Commodore/Captain J Nourse, HMS Andromache - belongings of Coutamauve

John Jeffreys, Tamatave [Toamisina] and Tananarive [Antananarivo] - voyage and first impressions of Madagascar; (to governor Farquhar, jointly with James Hastie) particulars of mission; school examinations; Radama at war with Sakalava

James Hastie, Port Louis (Mauritius)

David Jones, Tananarive - report on schools; (to sister-in-law) his marriage to Mary Ann Mabille; progress of mission; requests tools and medicine; grant of land by Radama; hymn books, school books, weaving; fevers; report on arrival at

John Canham, Tananarive - arrival, reception by king and people; death of Thomas Brooks

George Chick, Tananarive - asks LMS directors to send out Mary Mitchell

David Griffiths, Tananarive - advisability of sending out married missionaries

George Burder, London - draft of letter to governor Farquhar re Coutamauve

Access Information

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Other Finding Aids

A detailed list of Incoming Correspondence for Madagascar, 1794-1879 (list E2), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.

Archivist's Note

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