"Jäger and Riis to Basel"
Item Details
Title:
"Jäger and Riis to Basel"
Description
Pp. 1-5: Detailed account of sickness and of the death of Heinze (Page 1). Considerations about their work. Frederic Davunnah gets the salary and is trained as a teacher in Copenhagen on the cost of the king. He is ready to take the post. The girls' school is cared for by a widow, the young teacher Madame Veith. They have not yet preached because of ill health. Plan to go to the plantations: Mr. Lutterodt, who has been 27 years in the country, is very kind to offer house etc. The man looking after the house knows Danish, Ga, Twi and other African languages. He is a Mulatto (Page 2). Reasons, why it is advisable for them to learn the Ashanti and not the Accra language. Plan to go for a few weeks with Mr. Lutterodt to his plantation. Not yet decided definitely whether to remain in Christiansborg or to go to the plantation - pity for the orphaned congregation. But assurance that Europeans could hear the word of God and read it and the Africans not, and that they have been sent out as missionaries to the pagans. Hope to get advice from Basel (Page 3). Domestic arrangements: Size and prize of house, servants, food arrangements, firewood and milk supplied from Mr. Lutterodt. Financial affair of the good left by the deceased brethren (Pages 3-4). Weather was unusually wet. Many African houses collapsed, since the walls were wet all through. Their house remained dry - it has a new grass roof. Reason alleged for the death of Henke: Attending and conduction in a weak state the funeral of a little child, the daughter of madame Veith at 1 a.m. - walking, not carried in a hammock (Page 5). b) Letter from Jäger to Büchelen same date. 2 pages. About the books they found that the dried fruit kept well, and other such like matters.
Names
Dates
Date early:
20.06.1832
Proper date:
20.06.1832
Geography
Location:
People:
Subject
Keywords:
Individuals:
Relationships
Physical
Type:
Text
Format:
7 pages
Identifier
Reference:
D-01.01.(1830-1832),13
Citation:
Reference: BMA D-01.01.(1830-1832),13
Title: "Jäger and Riis to Basel"
Creator: unknown
Date: 20.06.1832
“Jäger and Riis to Basel,” BMArchives, accessed April 22, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/100224376.
Title: "Jäger and Riis to Basel"
Creator: unknown
Date: 20.06.1832
“Jäger and Riis to Basel,” BMArchives, accessed April 22, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/100224376.
Repository / Access
Basel Mission Archives
mission 21
Missionsstrasse 21
CH-4003 Basel
Switzerland
Tel. +41 61 260 2232
Fax: +41 61 260 2268
Email: info@bmarchives.org
mission 21
Missionsstrasse 21
CH-4003 Basel
Switzerland
Tel. +41 61 260 2232
Fax: +41 61 260 2268
Email: info@bmarchives.org
Share this item with: