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C series materials, 1714–1908

Collection: The West Indies in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1704-1950    Volumes    C series materials, 1714–1908

The documents in this volume are divided into five sections: the Bahamas, Barbados (including the Codrington estate), British Guiana and Honduras (Central America and the Mosquito Coast), Jamaica, and Trinidad.

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Trinidad, 1834-1854

C/WI/TRIN covers the years 1835-54. The many letters from the Rev. George Cummins, Rural Dean of Trinidad, expound the difficulties encountered with Roman Catholics (1835-43). He was very short of...

Date:1834-1854
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:c-wi-trin

Jamaica: correspondence, 1843-1855

C/WI/JAM/3 ranges from the last days of Bishop Lipscomb to the episcopate of Bishop Aubrey Spencer. The contents include reports and data on schools and churches, reporting again on labour...

Date:1843-1855
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:c-wi-jam3

Jamaica: correspondence of Bishop Lipscomb, 1836-1843

C/WI/JAM/Box 2 (b). Bishop Lipscomb's later correspondence has as its most important items the reports of George D. Hill, which provide a revealing account of Jamaica under the apprenticeship system...

Date:1836-1843
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:c-wi-jam2b

Jamaica: miscellaneous, 1836-1843

C/WI/JAM/Box 2 (a). Chiefly correspondence, many addressed to or from the Bishop's Lodge, but including also: lists of, and reports on, schools; a memorandum on Roman Catholicism in Jamaica; a...

Date:1836-1843
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:c-wi-jam2a

Jamaica: correspondence of Bishop Lipscomb, 1826-1835

C/WI/JAM/Box 1 (b). This series of letters from Bishop Lipscomb dealing with SPG missionaries including Rev. Griffith Griffiths, a Welsh missionary, who was to be very active in the island....

Date:1826-1835
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:c-wi-jam1b

Jamaica: miscellaneous, c.1820-1836

C/WI/JAM/Box 1 (a). Includes reports of the Diocese for 1834.

Date:1820-1836
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:c-wi-jam1a

British Guiana, 1828-1858, & Central America & Mosquito Shore, 1769-1847

C/WI/BG (also referred to as C/WIN/GUI). The records for British Guiana include the early letters, which indicate the formative nature of SPG work in the area. Rev. R. Fawell was...

Date:1769-1858
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:c-wi-bg

Barbados: correspondence of Bishop Parry, 1842-1849

C/WI/BAR/Box 4 contains the papers of the second bishop, Thomas Parry. After 1842 the bishopric had been divided and Parry had only Barbados proper under his care. The collection is...

Date:1842-1849
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:c-wi-bar4
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