The report is partially printed as an appendix to the Annual Report of the Basel Mission 1878 (p. 85ff). It is mostly phased in general terms. The Christian community has with difficulty been assembled on the quiet of the mission hill, away from the…
Contains political news. They were surprised a fortnight ago to hear from the coast news of a danger of war between the Juabens and Asante. No such worry is present in Kwahu, where the impression is that the Governor had taken energetic steps to…
Mainly an account in general of the building. He does however, write in praise of the workers whom he brought with him to Abetifi. When he shows them how to do a thing they can do it, for example, windows, which everyone knows demand very careful…
Werner’s marriage has been arranged. He is currently in Begoro, having travelled there on his horse newly bought from Salaga. Contrasting the progress of the two stations, he says that the main problem at Abetifi is the existence of slavery. All the…
Part of this letter is printed in ‘Heidenbote’ 1877, p. 78 under the title “The Fetish Tree of Asiakwa”. The only part of the report relevant to the Kwahu station is that he was able to recruit craftsmen for Abetifi only in Akropong, where it seems…
The letter is mostly concerned with the question of his marrying. Evidently the matter is already in train, and the father of the lady involved is not ready to give his consent without knowing more about the accommodation in Abetifi. Werner therefore…
With the arrival of missionary Buss on the station in March came 5 carpenters, though one has since returned to the coast. Weimer can now speak twi. He reports a frequent saying among the workmen that when the buildings are finished they will all…
Reports in extenso the destruction of the swish walls of the 2nd storey of the mission building by an unexpected early March thunderstorm (This is mentioned in the printed 1877 Annual Report). Damage is calculated at £60.
Once more concerned with the question of building and build costs. They give an estimate of costs and another computation of the types of expenses incurred so far.
In part is printed as appendix to the 1878 Annual report of the Mission (p. 87ff). The additional material is almost entirely personal, concerning his marriage late in 1877 (at a time just after the death of one missionary wife, and when another was…
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…
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