Discussing the political situation in the Area Süss suggests that on the while it would be true to say that the subjects of Kotoku in the Gyadam area (the Northern division of the state) have broken away from the rule of Kibi - though he also repeats…
Trials with a pump to get the water from the source up. Since there is water, they could begin with cows. He went and bought 4 at Ada. One had to be slaughtered and they give until now very little milk. Foot journeys: Accra, Adda(2 times), Prampram…
He has been preaching regularly in the Wesleyan chapel at Akropong, and made a 5 day journey to the Afram Volta confluence specifically to Dode, where he says the people are of great religiosity. In letter No 20, he also discusses the possibilities…
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…
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…
Comments that it is nearly time for the Christian community to migrate out of Gyadam to the environs of the mission station – that this will be good for them, since they have suffered a fair amount of teasing in the town. Also if they are going to…
Describes the building of the station on the hill - he apparently has assembled from the town a labour force of 6 sawyers, 6 masons, 6 water carriers, and several other people able to do a variety of tasks, along with a dozen other people who work…
The bulk of this letter is printed in the appendix to the annual report 1858, p. 120ff. It concerns the death of Missionary Hönger at Gyadam. Additional material mostly concerns short-term practical questions concerned with the station. A particular…
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