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 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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
Requests that they be paid £24 to cover losses which occurred when a canoe was stranded near Odumase - and possibly its contents robbed. Fetzer and Klaus lost £6 worth of groceries each, Müller £5, and the station household lost £7. Also they must…
An orthodox extended statement of the difficulties of working in Anum in the sense that no reactions are being obtained from the Anum people themselves. Following points: 1. Three times stated that clothes are a major concern of the Anum people – no…
Statistics give four buildings: A house for two married missionaries, a store for trade goods, a range of rooms for the missionaries' servants, the catechist, the scholars, and a room 'outside the courtyard' used for the school. Three missionaries,…
Gives total of children in the school (all boys) as 7, the number of communicants as 3, the total Christian community as 16. Health - Klaus is very sick indeed, and believed he was dying at the end of December. Fetzer and Müller himself have only…
The wish is expressed that the Committee in Basel would see its way to providing the Anum station with a harmonium. Müller obviously took the initiative in this, and writes how much it would cheer them in days of health and illness.
His first night out from Dauromadam was spent in the village of Onipaho, in a hut with no furnishings of any kind. Next day they called on the Akwamuhene, taking the customary gift. They were given a very friendly welcome. They asked for the…
The new station has an excellent view over the immense plains to the north where thousands of unevangelised people live. About 50 men are working on the building site, but the bulk of these are from Accra. He analyses the difficulty of getting a…
Basel has written that a budget of £18 per person in Anum for carriage costs is too high. They, on the other hand, plead that it is too low: that each load costs 4 heads of cowries, and that many loads are also lost or stolen on the way. J. Müller,…
Both are dominated by illness: Klaus had been driven to Akropong for recovery after a persistent recurrent fever and two severe attacks of Yellow Fever. They are active in trading.
Reacts to a letter from Basel dated 11th January, which in turn is a reply to their Stations Conference Protocol of 5th Nov 1864. The Basel Committee appear to have taken exception to the requests made, and the tone in which they were made. The two…
Before moving to the temporary quarters they had built on the new station, they were living in a house belonging to one Briandt. He has 40-60 workers involved with land-clearing and building: they are paid daily rates, and every Saturday afternoon is…
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