Gold Coast Records of the U.S.P.G., 1753-1933 (inclusive) [microform].

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Gold Coast Records of the U.S.P.G., 1753-1933 (inclusive) [microform].

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The collection includes reports, letters received from West Africa and letters sent from Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast. Other reports detail the work of the Committee for Women's Work of the S.P.G. Ladies' Association. Manuscripts from West Africa include the correspondence of Philip Quaque and Thomas Thompson, 1753-1855, and pages from the Journal of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. Gold Coast papers consist mainly of letters to or from Bishop Hamlyn dating from 1904 onwards.

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Yake University Divinity School Library

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