He recommends Katsenke over Taps as a place for a European station partly on the grounds that the people in that district have shown themselves not very receptive to the gospel though it is also true that though they are only 24 hours away from…
Advises against tempting ex-slaves into the church with material advantages, saying that they are mostly heathen, and maintain heathen customs. But with two pieces of geographical insight against the setting up of a colony on any scale - settlement…
Comments generally on the situation in a not too cautious way - he envisages two stations, though is worried about Mohammedan threats to Nkoranza. However a major problem is the shortage of local agents - at the coming annual conference concerning…
File on the purchase and administration of a house in Stuttgart for the Basel Mission agent there; Formal legal opinion on the Status of the Basel Mission in Württemberg dated 23. May 1882
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