First days on the coast, conferences, visit of friendly Europeans who yet have a different spirit. Hopes that something might be done for the salvation of their souls. Journey to Akropong: Printed in Heidenbote 1850, pp 97-98. A fence of lemon trees…
Plan of Government to move to Accra with the next Governor. About the sending of letters home (Postal services) (p 1). Their great enemy here is onanism of the boys and every man. About living together with the brethren.
Sickness of Stanger. Kindness of the British physician who asks much money from the traders but offered to treat the missionaries free. Financial affairs.
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…
Preaching tour: Teshi – Pantanang – Adotaa – Pantang – Abokobi – Lutterodt’s Plantation etc. On p 2 a sketch plan of the plantation villages. The Danish map is all wrong. Description of Mr. Lutterodt's plantation. The letter contains a sketch map of…
Account of a 14 day stay at Abokobi, showing it to be used as the focus of mission activity in the farming villages around, at least as far as the already baptised were concerned. Communion celebrated for the Christians collected from the district on…
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