Asks to be relieved of his duties as merchant, in order to be allowed to undertake proper missionary work. He is in Ho being on route for Keta with a convoy of 130 bales of cotton.
Asks for a station library. History, commentaries and sermons, dictionaries of Greek and Hebrew, African travels, mission history, mission biographies wanted. Also books in English, especially for the Catechist who needs to have the opportunity to…
Welcomes the receipt of a Basel letter dated 10th January 1967 on his prospective wife. The station had been incommunicado for 2 months before this letter arrived owing to the war situation. He asks that his wife should have had some training in…
The first part of this report is printed, more or less verbatim, in the 1867 Annual Report, pp 129-130. Unprinted material in the concluding sections: He describes a journey northwards from Anum. Preaching in Bose and Dame - in the latter they were…
Discussing the language question, he reports that not only their building workers, but also most of the house servants are Gas. Only a few of the station residents - including the boy who has been handed over to him, speak Twi. On the war there is…
The Basel Committee have suggested, in view of an earlier Anum report over unhealthy grass fields on the Mission land, that the Anum missionaries should encourage immigrants from other areas to come and cultivate the land. Müller explains how…
His journey to the other Twi stations made difficult by the danger of travelling. His route: Anum-Pekyi, Pekyi-Abotia. At Abotia his Anum carriers were due to hand him over to Abotia carriers, who were to go with him on the route to Battor. But they…
The Akwamu chief and elders had told him that if he tried to go north from Akwmu direct to Anum, he would be directly exposed to plunder and interference. So he managed to make his way from Battor to Pekyi on foot, with two men who agreed to…
Concerns the problem of the housing of the catechist. The present catechist's house is uninhabitable, owing to damage to its roof. Müller proposes a new shingle roof, and with a house 42'x12' presents the budget.
In this (misfiled) report Müller reports considerable opposition when passing a fetish site which was not in Anum itself. The site consisted of 3 large round stones laid one on top of another, surrounded by a fence. When he get near a crowd of men…
According to the statistics, either there had been no new building, or only a catechist's house had been put up during the year. Klaus and Müller are listed as missionary residents: Obuobisa the catechist was absent at the time of writing. Members of…
On the problem of communicating with Anum, Schrenk feels there is a real danger to the life of a European if he crosses the river at Battor and uses that route to Anum. On the other hand 'Mr Hesse's Joseph' who returned from Krepi with the two…
With subscripts from Müller (senior) and Schrenk discusses what action should be taken over Obuobisa, the catechist who had been absent from Anum since the middle of the previous year. The information relevant to the political situation south of Anum…
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