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ZA HPRA A566
Title
Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, Letters
Date(s)
- 1821 - 1829 (Creation)
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37 items, photocopies
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Letters from missionaries in South Africa
Includes letters from S. Broadbent, E. Edwards T. Hodgson, S. Kay and G. Sass to the Secretaries of the Wesleyan Mission, London. Also letters from Rev. R. Moffat to Dr. J. Philip and Rev. R. Miles. The letters describe the efforts of the missionaries to overcome native superstition, to learn and translate into the native languages and their setbacks due to inter-tribal warfare.
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Originals are with the Methodist Missionary Society, London.