The school was opened on 1st July with Emmanuel Dako as teacher. In the first month the women supplying the food were paid 1/6 -.this was too little and it has been raised to 2/-. The school opened with 12 pupils, and they were joined by another…
In part is printed as appendix to the 1878 Annual report of the Mission (p. 87ff). The additional material is almost entirely personal, concerning his marriage late in 1877 (at a time just after the death of one missionary wife, and when another was…
(This letter is printed more or less in full in the pamphlet “Begoro und Okwau. Bericht über zwei Untersuchungsreisen als Vorbereitung für die Asante-Mission", 1875) They went by the Begoro route, and saw in that town the snail harvest – the women…
Contains political news. They were surprised a fortnight ago to hear from the coast news of a danger of war between the Juabens and Asante. No such worry is present in Kwahu, where the impression is that the Governor had taken energetic steps to…
The letter is mostly concerned with the question of his marrying. Evidently the matter is already in train, and the father of the lady involved is not ready to give his consent without knowing more about the accommodation in Abetifi. Werner therefore…
Reports in extenso the destruction of the swish walls of the 2nd storey of the mission building by an unexpected early March thunderstorm (This is mentioned in the printed 1877 Annual Report). Damage is calculated at £60.
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…
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…
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…
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.
The letter includes a list of expanditures on building to date, and an estimate of future costs. NB: The word “strike” seems to have been in use among the workers, it appears in quotes. There is a melange of letters from Abetifi in Heidenbote 1876,…
The letter is printed in HEIDENBOTE, 1876, p 50-51. It is concerned mainly with building reports. They had to survive a month-long strike of the labour force.
Briefe zur den Werkstätten, zum Teil mit Jahresrechnungen und Inventaren sowie ausführliche Jahresrechnungen 1859-1861, zeitlich nicht vollständig / Inventare lLetters concerning the work-shop in Christiansborg as well as annual accounts and a…
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