Printed: Heidenbote 1850, pp 99-100 William Hoffmann: Send more missionaries. Difficulties of the preaching. Jonathan Palmer: When he first saw the missionaries, he thought they would catch him. Then he got acquainted with them, became a schoolboy…
Personal introduction (p 1). Extracts from diary. Parts printed: Heidenbote 1850, p 97 (death of convert Okoi). Not printed: Short note about transfer of authority, visits, departure of Meischel and Widmann. Arrival of the new brethren and brides,…
Sickness. Cured with chinin (p 1). About the plantation: Coffee and arrowroot plantation increased. They no longer need to buy plantains or Bananas. Zimmermann brought much seed, will try out lucerne ("Klee") and cattle rearing. A stable shall be…
Extracts from his diary. Stop sending cloth instead of money. It wastes the missionary's time (p 2). Visit to Methodist school of Rev. Wharton at Accra: better teachers than the Basel Mission, pay them higher salaries so that temptation to trade…
pp 1-5 personal: On the marriage question of the missionaries. Aftermath of Schiedt palaver (pp 5-6). Plans for colonisation: What could be planted (pp 6-7). Description of the cultivation work buildings and farm at Akropong. Craftsmen: Black smith,…
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