Extracts from his diary: February 4th: visit of the village of an influential man – patriarch - likes feeling of the place. To Aburi because of sickness of Meischel. Story of Alexander Clerk’s true repentance over his fall with Ann Rochester.…
About the little Danish Fort planned for Akropong. Government has done much for Guinea, a fort would help to suppress the slave trade and cruel customs (ritual murder) and be a good protection of trade and a post against the Ashantis. This is his…
Not content about some of the tools sent. Requirements. The seeds should be packed in glasses or tins. Most of the seeds sent were spoiled. Why no tobacco seeds?
1) On West Indians: Those returning are to be sent via London, reason why. 2) Plantations: Matter transferred to stations 3) Thompson: Should be dismissed. 4) Teshi: For the sake of those baptized a teacher must remain there. 5)About the school and…
Sorry he is not yet able to do without an interpreter. Reason: Much work with the school and the college where he teaches 12 periods a week and has the supervision, a difficult task to bring them to a regular and well-ordered life. Hopes to find more…
i) The Building of the West Indian houses: premiums given to masons for quick work. Work at the stone house for Widmann begun (pp 1-2). ii) The planting coffee: doing well, once the plants are higher than 1 foot before that time, some animal rodes…
Schulheft, möglicherweise aus der Zeit Schrenks als Student in der Missionsschule in Basel / exercise book, probably from Schrenks time as a student in the Basel missionhouse
enthält Rundbriefe und andere Drucksachen, Kopien von Briefen von Martha Götz an verschiedene Personen, grösstenteils aus der Mission, und teilweise Antwortbriefe und Karten von diesen Personen, geordnet von A-Z
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