An appeal to find a clergyman for the island. Extent: 3 pages in booklet form. Condition of original material: Torn at edges and has some discolouring. Author(s)/Creator(s): Douglas M. Gane. Publisher(s): The Times London.
Mainly articles and some letters regarding Rev Henry and Rose Rogers time on Tristan
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Rev and Mrs Rogers travels and life on Tristan. Extent: 31 pages. Condition of original material: Good condition, photocopies. Custodial history: Donated by Anne Green. Author(s)/Creator(s): Rev & Mrs Rogers, Society for the Gospel in Foreign Parts, Cape Argus, Secretary to the Governor ...
An account about Tristan da Cunha based on letters by Rev. A.C. Pooley and Mr Philip Lindsay
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Describing island life, the people, the animals, missionary work, school, health, communications and visits of vessels. Extent: 4 pages. Condition of original material: Good condition with staple marks in top corner and all photocopies. Author(s)/Creator(s): Author of the account is unknown. ...
This file contains minutes beginning from the first ACM meeting abroad the ship Dryad on October 26, 1815, and ending Febuary 1, 1844. Contributors include Revs. G.H. Apthorp (1798-?), Horatio Bardwell (1788-1866), Edward Cope (1806-?), James Reed Eckard (1805-1887), Henry Richard Hoisington (18...
This file contains letters from the secretaries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) and the Women's Board of Missions to missionaries and secretaries of the American Ceylon Mission (ACM). The primary receipents are Rev. Dr. Thomas B. Scott in Manipay, Jaffna, Rev....
Meeting minutes for the Jaffna Council of the South India United Church for the years 1934-1936. Each year contains details on the delegates in attendance at meetings, members of the executive council, and annual budgets. Other concerns include the ordination of preachers, management of schools,...
From manuscript title page: "written by Swartz. Copied from the ms in possession of Rev. G.H. Apthorp and recd by him from Rev. Brotherton, Tanjore, March 1. 1841." Collection of sermons by famous German Lutheran missionary C.F. Schwartz of the Halle-Tranquebar mission in South India, likely col...
Mostly letters from ABCFM secretaries Nathanial Clark (1825-1896) and James L. Barton (1855-1936) to ACM missionaries William W. Howland (1817-1892) and T.S. Smith (1845-1900). Also includes a letter dated Dec. 1892 from Mary Leitch (1851-?) to Nathanial Clark detailing the relationship between ...
Mostly copies of letters from the secretaries of the American Ceylon Mission to the secretaries of the ABCFM. Primary writers are Thomas S. Scott, Giles G. Brown, and W.E. Hitchcock, successive ACM secretaries. Primary recipients are Dr. J.L. Barton and Dr. Enoch F. Bell (secretaries of the ABCF...