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Includes information on his labour force while building the mission station on the hill. He has required 5 masons as follows: 1 is an Accra man who was previously sawing wood for him 1 is an Accra man who had a debt of 413 Thaler which Süss paid, and…

Information on costs of building and transport. £130 had been set aside by the Basel Committee for the building of the new station. So far 226 Thaler have been spent on the stock-houses and Brethren Süss’s house. That leaves 350 Thaler. In fact a…

A discussion takes place as to the relative merits of the old and new station sites, since Widman in a visit to Gyadam in March 59 had suggested that the old site might remain in use.-Inter al it is said that the old-station lay only 200-250 paces…

In the situation which led to Süss’ final break with the mission a number of points are made by Haas which give some picture of the working of the Gyadam station. At a conference on 11 May Süss had been left free from most station duties to carry on…

There had been considerable problems concerned with keeping the station fed in the second quarter of the year, because the tension with Akwapim was interfering with trade and communications to the coast. Of the Christians baptised by Süss before 1859…

Notifying the Committee of his decision to leave Gyadam, and saying that he plans to settle among the Kamanas at the confluence of the Volta and Afram, 8 hours up river from Dauromadam. He says that 8 days will take him to Dodi, from which it is an…

Reports a surprise visit to Gyadam by Mader and about 20 pupils from the Catechists' Institute. They arrived at a time when the king of Gyadam was at odds with the king of Akropong through the latter’s protection of 2 of Agyeman’s subjects who had…

Gives another Thaler equivalent: 1 Thaler is equal to 17 3/16 Pennyweights Troys. When Süss left Gyadam he took all the masons and carpenters with him, apparently on the grounds that they were indebted to him personally. Severe financial difficulties…

Reports that evangelistic conversations usually end up with the comment that if the missionaries would give them money, they would become Christians. Another Christian has had to be excluded, this time for trading in rum, but there seems every…

Reports preaching particularly well received in Kukurantami and Sekimase (near Kibi). In Kukurantami they offered to build a house for a missionary who came to live there.

Reports street preaching little patronised – 10 is a good congregation, not infrequently there are no hearers at all. It is as if the king’s prohibition on children going to the school started in the town has been extended to adults and the street…

Again reports a ready audience in street preaching away from Gyadam. There is war excitement in the Kibi villages in the first week in January, and Agyeman has decided to migrate to Swedru, but to have a battle with Kibi first.

Provides some background to the quarrel which led to Süss’s leaving Gyadam again. Haas had only returned to Gyadam after recovering from persistent bouts of fever on 7th May. He also seems maintain a rather more intensive level of piety than Süss in…

Contrasts the Daha-style roofing of Akim with the Sarre roofing of Akwapim and the coastal-plains. Normally services are held on the hill twice daily, including Sundays. Every Sunday at least a service is held in the town, often with street…

Reports that on the first day out (21 march) they spent the night at Habantew (the last Akropong village) where there were a party of about 12 Asantes with beautifully made baskets full of salt. Missionary discussions with them did not get very far:…

Accompanied by 21 catechist pupils, the catechist Isak Ostertag, 4 carriers, and one boy from his house. He reports a continued demand for a teacher at Kukurantumi, and in Tafo a request for a teacher but he must be African. Odumase is said to belong…
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