Written in his capacity as 'Praeses’ (Chairman) of the Basel Mission on the Gold Coast. A year ago the Governor (Strahan) urged him to write to him privately if the need ever arose - he did this over he risks of the Kwahu mission, and forwards…
Letter from 21 January 1876 A very cordial letter, asking after the family etc. His ‘impression’ is that the missionaries in Kwahu would have nothing to fear from Asante, although doubtless there will be endeavours made by the king to bring back…
Complete inventory of the possessions of Missionary Müh who died in September 1876. Some months before, Müh had married Lydia Mader, daughter of missionary Mader who was presumably born on the Coast - and her father was still Basel Mission Inspector…
Appealing for additional pay to the scale on which they are paid - exactly the same as that in Akwapim. They argue 1. that foodstuffs are much more expensive because the Akims are not conscientious farmers 2, that paying in golddust rather than…
Since his arrival in Kukurantumi he has baptised 4 women and three children, and now has 7 catechumens from Kukurantumi. He has also 3 other catechumens from Mmease, a married couple, and an Asante man now living there. He has visited over the last…
Partly printed in Heidenbote 1876 p33. The main material of interest in the printed passage is the number of candidates for baptism (21 men), the employment of 7 on the building, and the missionaries' determination that they should learn orderly and…
Includes his excuses for not having written an 1875 Year's Report - he was too busy with the installation of the new missionaries in Begoro and Abetifi. Also during the quarter the subordinate personnel on the station changed - Obeng went to Begoro,…
Reports among the hearers at street preachings Asantes engaged in trade. And a dialectic with a fetish priestess from Kwahu whom he met on the streets in Kukurantumi - she called him her brother, since he served God, and she served a son of God, but…
The report is summarised in its main parts in Heidenbote 1876 p 94. He gives a description of the new school garden, which includes inter al. 800 yams and 1000 cocoyams. He has made preaching journeys through Nkronso, Krobo, Wirekyereng (3 Apedwa…
Personnel on the station now includes Cat, Tim. Mullings, and Cat. C.L. Meyer. During the year the numbers in the community had increased from 14 to 56, there were 35 communicants and 4 children, 17 non-communicants. There were 14 catechumens as he…
The pupils are from several inland tribes, and brought by their parents - not as before recruited after hard work by the missionaries, In fact many boys had to be turned away. 44 is the largest number they can accommodate. Most of the new pupils are…
4 women have newly come forward into the catechumenate. The other catechumens are receiving almost daily instruction. Asante is running a night school (in addition to earlier instituted Sunday school), in the former many members and catechumens have…
Out of the graduates of the school up to 1876 had come 2 catechists, 2 teachers, and 3 fathers of Christian families. This is a history of the Kibi school written from Asante's own knowledge and the information in the school-records. The key moment…
A letter informing the committee of their hesitations about going forward to Kwahu, because of the war. Much of the informations are in Mohr’s letter number 255 of 1875. Additional points: The Juabenhene had visited Ramseyer on the mission station…
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