"Station Conference ProtocollAkropong concerning a Journey to Kumasi and Statements"

There are papers concerning the proposed journey to Kumasi on the part of Missionaries Harneck and Asante. The mission were already clearly considering the point that Asante had relatives in Kumasi, and wondering what could be made of this, but the project was negative on the grounds that 1. Harneck (on whose initiative the trip was discussed) was felt to be too young to impress the Asantehene. 2. The money involved (£40-50 on one calculation) would have to be specially assigned by the Basel Committee. 3. The Methodists with their greater financial resources had already set things in train to Kumasi. The whole idea originally came up because Harneck had had a letter from ‘Reverent Ansah' saying that the Asantehene was prepared to have missionaries in his country.

23.10.1862

23.10.1862

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