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Rev. Thomas Laidman Hodgson, Journal
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- 1819-1841 (Creation)
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Wesleyan Missionary, Journal, 17 July 1819 - 21 June 1841 June 21
Describes his journey to South Africa in 1821 and the difficulties he met at Maquassi mission station in the Western Transvaal, where he tried to convert the Barolong and Griquas to Christianity and to teach them the elements of agriculture. Also covers the years he spent in missionary work in Cape Town.
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Extracts from the 1821-1831 part of this diary have been published in Journals of the Rev. T.L. Hodgson, Johannesburg, Witwatersrand University Press, 1977.