South Africa,1847

Scope and Content

includes letters from:

joint statement by S Stapleton, J F Pocock and L Merrington on behalf of Union Chapel, Cape Town

Adam Robson, Port Elizabeth

John Crombie Brown, Cape Town

James Read, Philipton, Elands river, Kat River and Port Elizabeth

Frederick Gottlob Kayser, Fort Beaufort

James Cameron, Cape Town

Richard Birt, Blockdrift

William Elliott, Uitenhage and Cape Town

John Philip, Hankey Cape Town

Thomas Paterson, Uitenhage

H C Rutherford, Cape Town

James Read (junior), Bethelsdorp

Thomas Philip, Hankey - description of a flood

M Vogelgezang, Cape Town - resignation from LMS

William Anderson, Pacaltsdorp

joint report by James Read (senior) and James Read (junior), Kat River

Theophilus Atkinson- Bethelsdorp report on work (away for health reasons)

John Brownlee, Glen Avon [Somerset East]

Reports from the following on their respective stations:-

Thomas Paterson, Uitenhage

Theophilus Atkinson, Zuurbraak

Henry Helm, Zuurbraak (Caledon)

George Barker, Paarl

Frederick Gottlob Kayser, Fort Beaufort

Joseph Gill, Somerset [Somerset East]

Bartholomew Anderson, Dyssel's Dorp [Dysselsdorp]

Arie Vos, Tulbagh (in Dutch)

Thomas Hood, Avontuur

James Read, Philipton

James Read (junior), Kat River

Robert Taylor, Theopolis

Access Information

Open

Other Finding Aids

Detailed lists for incoming correspondence from Southern Africa, 1797-1899 (lists E6 & E7), are available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. Includes detailed precis of letters up to 1866.

Archivist's Note

Catalogued