324 20 77825 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 06.07.1876 Proper date: 06.07.1876 Description An account of the resource The Abetifi catechist, Stephan Sakyi, had been away from the station for two monthis. The two missionaries are nowhere near proficient in twi at this stage. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..252 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Werner to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 03.08.1876 Proper date: 03.08.1876 Description An account of the resource The letter is quoted in extenso but not completely as an annex to the annual report of 1876 (p 117-118). Additional material in the manuscript includes the following, mostly about labour troubles: Once their workers had got a certain degree of skills they were showing themselves quite unashamed about demanding more pay, and if they did not get it, leaving the work. In quite a short time Weimer has had three different apprentice sawyers to train. 2 sawyers from outside Kwahu have recently left, although they are paying higher wages than they could get on the coast. Reasons which he has obviously heard for the dissatisfactions of workers from the coast are that they don’t like living with different tribe. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..253 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Weimer to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 18.08.1876 Proper date: 18.08.1876 Description An account of the resource Reports a rumour which they feel after interview with the king has some substance, that war is in the offing between Asante and Kwahu. The Juabens staying in Kwahu are leaving for Akim. There is also a rumour that the Juabenhene is preparing to invade Asante territory. The Kwahuhene has sworn his oath that he will never subject himself to the Asante, and Werner fears that he thinks that the missionaries are people of great influence with the Colonial Government – the king has expressed the idea that they could write to the Government on his behalf. There is a subscript from Widmann saying little need of fear at this stage, since the Juabenhene is still in Cape Coast, and all the signs are that Asante is still weakened by the division between Karikari and Mensa. However he feels the governor should be informed about what is rumoured. A subscript from Buck reports that he has informed the Accra Commandant of the contents of Werner’s letter, but that people on the coast place little credence in this rumour – too many are coming out of the interior for any to be taken seriously. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..254 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Werner to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 25.08.1876 Proper date: 25.08.1876 Description An account of the resource The contact between the three Kwahu sub-chiefs and Kumasi which seems to have been the base of the rumour, was a group of 4 men sent from Obo to Asante to receive the money for a delivery of salt. Werner reckons that what really happened was that Karikari, on Adu Bofo’s advice, promised this money in the event of the Kwahus returning to their allegiance to Asante. The crisis seems to have been generated in Kwahu. When the messenger came from the Protectorate – “quite out of breath” with the odd rumour about what was going out there, the tension seems to have dissolved as far as the missionaries were concerned: they were looking forward to getting the building work which had been interrupted by the crisis under way again at the beginning of the next week. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..255 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Werner to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 25.10.1876 Proper date: 25.10.1876 Description An account of the resource A letter for general publication, obviously intended for the public. On the right en route from the town of Abetifi to the Mission Station is a sacred wood with huge trees, in which are a number of apes, also sacred. On left is mission land. The path is bordererd by low bush and tall grass (in an earlier letter one of the Missionaries states that they found themselves clearing an old farm when they began on the clearing of the mission station, and that most of the land around Abetifi had been farmed and would be again). There are few large trees on the mission land – 100 paces from the mission house stands a huge silk cotton tree. The chapel will stand 50 paces to the south of the building, shingled roof, stone walls at least for the lower storey. The building of a Christian community is not proceeding very fast. People are avoiding any sort of positive commitment. The great fetish Atieam has forbidden the children from attending school, and the adults from attending services. The morning service on the mission station is very little visited, and this is even the case with the Christan workers who have come to Abetifi from the south; they seem to be the throw-outs from other Christian communities, and give the local people a very bad example. The attendance at Sunday street-preaching in the town is not very striking. During the week the Catechist holds a school for five boys. Three are house-boys of the missionaries, two are sent by the king who wants them to be given instruction. They seem to be very gifted. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..257 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Werner to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 25.11.1876 Proper date: 25.11.1876 Description An account of the resource A general letter about his life and work. Lamenrs the difficulties - a lack of skilled and trustworthy men (two of the sawyers were from Abokobi, and even these were pressing for higher pay), and his own inability either in twi or English (especially at the beginning of their work); were the main ones. One interesting point is that in contrast he ways with Begoro, Odum trees are quite scarce – they are having to go 20 minutes from the mission station to find Odum trees for felling, and then he will have three different parties at work on trees 10 minutes away from each other. Supervising under these conditions is trying. In the last 4 months he has supervised the sawing of 200 planks 12-20 feet long, and ¾-1 inch thick. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..258 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Weimer to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 10.01.1877 Proper date: 10.01.1877 Description An account of the resource Published apparently in toto as an appendix to the Annual Report for 1877 of the mission. It repeats on the whole the content of the letter No. 257. The building (of which some more exact details are given) has been their main business, they have made little progress with language studies and the evangelical work of the station has had apparently little impact. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..259 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Annual Report of the Station Abetifi for 1876 (written by Werner) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.I. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877 Title A name given to the resource General Conference Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.III. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877 Title A name given to the resource General School Inspector Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.V. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877 Title A name given to the resource Ga District Conference Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.VII. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877 Title A name given to the resource Abokobi Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.VIII. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877 Title A name given to the resource Odumase Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.IX. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877 Title A name given to the resource Ada Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.X. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877 Title A name given to the resource Akwapem Akem District Conference Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XI. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877 Title A name given to the resource Aburi Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XII. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877 Title A name given to the resource Akropong Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 15.04.1877 Proper date: 15.04.1877 Description An account of the resource They are looking forward to baptising 21 people when the chapel is consecrated on Ascension Day. 8 of them are women, 4 the wives of the men already baptised. All have been forbidden from travelling so that they may be regularly instructed and kept under the eye of the missionaries. They also hope to celebrate the first Christian marriage. The chapel has unfortunately no bell, but they are looking forward to establishing a proper liturgy of morning and evening prayers in it. So far this year the number of members of the Christian community has grown by 4 men and 4 children. 2 of the children are newly born to Joseph Su, and Johannes Asamoah. Mohr has collected the conversion histories of the men: Mose Nkroma (baptised with a small son, Immanuel). He had once stayed with a Christian family in Aburi and heard something about the contents of the Christian religion. He had also noticed how Christians behaved on his journeys for trading. He had also been much troubled by the fetish priests, when he or one of his family was ill then they had to sacrifice a sheep or some money to the fetish. With the coming of the mission he had decided to rid himself of these troubles: his wife will be baptised too 'on Ascension Day. David Asare, baptised with a son Theodor, and has a brother in the Middle school in Akropong. He had been much involved with fetish practices but claimed to have recognised that those would ruin him and therefore when the mission arrived sought work from them, became a sawyer and has worked on the station ever since. Immanuel Frey had by his own account lived a highly immoral life – his business was in the trade in spirits. He became aware of the fact that this was leading to his ruin, and decided therefore to break with his old life. He still has a ready tongue, but the missionaries have heard no evil of him. Petro saw, aged about 18 is a model of seriousness. Before his baptism he was very self-abasing. He had apparently been on intimate terms with a girl until Mader and himself came to Begoro 2 years before, and had then been very frightened by Mohr’s street preaching about the Day of Judgment. He went straight away to Kibi to join the school and so, as he thought, avoid the wrath of God. In Kibi he was one of the least gifted pupils, and has been back in Begoro working on the building for some time. Mohr is particularly pleased to bring such a penitent individual forward to baptism, his candour will let God succeed with him. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XIV..247 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XIV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr's First Quarter's Report for 1877 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 28.05.1877 Proper date: 28.05.1877 Description An account of the resource On the subject of peoples’ attitudes to the Mission he reports a general disillusionment with the fetish priests. People often say to him that they do not believe in the fetishes but they are afraid. It is true that there are other problems hindering the development of the Christian community, especially the problem of indebtedness. Once in debt there is little chance for people to escape, since apart from working for the mission there is no way of earning money – there is no market in Begoro, and if they take up trade it can only be in spirits (They are very worried indeed about the question what economic activities to take up on the mission station). He speaks about the people, thus implying that he is speaking about the limits imposed on them by slavery. No mention is made of the salt or snail trade. Another reason for the slowness of the development of the Christian community is that the elders are unhappy about the prospect of the disappearance of dancing and traditional customs. The fetish priests are in a precarious position because they see that their religion is laughed at and no longer believed in, and they do not wish to lose their influence. Yet their efforts to impress people with their mad liturgies carry little weight with the younger people, and more and more people are conscious that they are not working for the good of the people. He had recently been asked to intervene by two of the Christians - Jacob Su and Petro Saw – because a relative of them had died, and an old fetish priestess has claimed that her fetish had killed him, and therefore his body should be thrown away in the bush and not buried. Mohr took the body and had it buried on mission land, to the joy of the family. At the same time he came to the conclusion that the man had been killed by poison. He was young and healthy, but had become suddenly ill, and died within two weeks. Since then 5 people from the same family had died, all in their prime. Mohr thinks that it is his grandmother who is indeed that same fetish priestess, who has caused the death. She is old and lame and sick, and since she can no longer take attendants with her by having them killed at her funeral, she is poisoning them beforehand. He visited her and accused her of this to her face in talking to people about her he seems to have stressed that he could only see in her a poor old woman who was a trouble to herself as well as to other people; that her activities were putting her in danger of the wrath of God; and that by the fetish was to be found only slavery and death, and that she could chose the peace of the Christian community (There is no information about the woman and her fetish except that it had a house with doors painted outside in with white earth, and apparently some men keeping the house who would not let Mohr in although the woman had invited him to see the fetish. There also seems a tendency to regard the woman herself as the fetish). Speaking about the surrounding villages Mohr reports interest, but also some misapprehensions. Many people think that to become a Christian is to become looked after. Many say openly that if their – say 10 Thaler – are paid, then they will become Christians. There is also a widespread wish for the missionaries to come to individual villages and build new houses – the people would thus always have someone to serve. Nevertheless he considers, given healthy and one or two effective catechist, they could have outstations in every village between Begoro and Kibi and Begoro and Anyimam. Fankyeneko he has recommended especially as a site for a catechist. This partly because it is the crossroad where the Kukurantumi-Anyinam-Abetifi road crosses the Asiakwa-Begoro road. Of only the government would create some employment by sponsoring road building, things could go ahead faster, but there is no market centre in Akim and thus no future in each farming until the way to the coast is easier. Fankyeneko also seems a good site for a catechist in that 9 men have just come forward as baptismal candidates there. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XIV..248 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XIV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr's Second Quarter's Report for 1877 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 03.06.1877 Proper date: 03.06.1877 Description An account of the resource Concerning his proposed marriage. He suggests his bride take some training in nursing and midwifery. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XIV..244 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XIV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 08.08.1877 Proper date: 08.08.1877 Description An account of the resource Includes the accounts of the building both to date, and with estimates of the costs to come. There are also estimates for making a churchyard and building a wall. Work on the station so far into 1877 had been held up by the bad weather, and the lack of carpenters. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XIV..246 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XIV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Station Conference Protocoll