Transcript of letter from Eugene Van Cooten to Major H. Straich.<\/p>\r\n
Item in Church Missionary Society archives held by University of Birmingham Cadbury Research Library<\/p>\r\n
CMS\/B\/OMS\/C A2 O86\/1-11<\/p>\r\n
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Nigeria: Yoruba Mission 1844\u20141934<\/p>\r\n
Mission surgeon and evangelist: Badagry 1850-1851
\/1-6 Letters 1850-1851;
\/7-10 Quarterly journal extracts: Mar 1850 – 6 Mar 1851;
\/11 Account of C.’s last journey [to Porto Novo] by William Marsh, his interpreter Mar 1851<\/p>\r\n
Item 1<\/p>\r\n
Transcribed by Merle Van Cooten, 2023.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n
Rec.July 25\/50
Major H. Straich<\/p>\r\n
Badagry 17th<\/sup> May,1850<\/p>\r\n Dear Sir,<\/p>\r\n In consequence of resolution No 1 passed by the Parent Committee on 1st<\/sup> January 1850<\/p>\r\n I beg to suggest that I will not be able to carry out the plan proposed in that resolution (i.e.) \u2018In visiting & exploring the various Towns &c\u2019 unless I am provided with a suitable agent to accompany & reside with me on those expeditions. I should require a Yoruba man, capable of speaking & understanding the English language in an intelligent manner \u2013 a man similar to William Marsh would do very well. He must be a Christian man. It is essential that right ideas should be given & received on our first visits. I feel that without some such agent I can do but very little, if any thing. A wide field would thus be open for an active labourer. Such a man is not to be found here. Should the committee approve of the proposition perhaps they will take the necessary to carry it out.<\/p>\r\n I am dear Sir, Transcript of letter from Eugene Van Cooten to Major H. Straich. Item in Church Missionary Society archives held by University of Birmingham Cadbury Research Library CMS\/B\/OMS\/C A2 O86\/1-11 https:\/\/www.calmview.bham.ac.uk\/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=XCMS%2fB%2fOMS%2fA2%2f+C+O%2f18-99%2f87&pos=5 Nigeria: Yoruba Mission 1844\u20141934 Mission surgeon and evangelist: Badagry 1850-1851\/1-6 Letters …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":475,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-501","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":526,"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/501\/revisions\/526"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Yours very respectfully,
E. van Cooten<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"