Letter

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 PLP 28/6/22
  • Former Reference
      GB 135 PLP 28/6/22
  • Dates of Creation
      8 Aug 1788
  • Physical Description
      1 item

Scope and Content

Printed letter addressed to the subscribers to the West Indian Mission. Extracts from letters sent by William Hammer are enclosed. In the extracts the work of the Mission throughout the islands is described in detail, including the developing relationship with the planters and their slaves, exact membership figures for the Society, and the financial situation with regard to the building of the chapel on St Christopher.

Reference is also made to the mission among the Caribs, including the opening of a school, and the good work performed by the interpreter Peter Gordon.

[In an handwritten note on the reverse of this document Coke thanks Mr [Thomas] Wride at the Whitehaven Preaching House for his financial support.]