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African Missionary Letter, 1863, Describing River Voyage, a Service to Convert Heathen Natives, and the Mendi Mission

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Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 259

African Missionary Letter, 1863, Describing River Voyage, a Service to Convert Heathen Natives, and the Mendi Mission

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330 $
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Whinton, Samuel J. (1839-1870). AMA missionary. ALS, 2pp., 8 x 10.5 in., written in clear legible brown ink on unlined light-blue "onion-skin" thin paper, Good Hope, Sherbro, Island, West Africa, October 1863. Addressed to Mr. Chauncey Whiton Westford, CT. The Kaw-Mendi Mission was originally established by missionaries who returned with the Amistad mutineers to Africa. In 1839 African Mende captives enslaved in Sierra Leone took control of the Spanish schooner "La Amistad." They killed the Captain and some of the crew and tried to sail back to Africa. The Spanish secretly maneuvered the ship north until it was captured off the coast of Long Island. The fate of the mutineers became a celebrated cause for the growing forces of abolition in the United States. In 1841, the Mende were freed by the US Supreme Court. Funds were raised to return thirty-five survivors to Africa. They arrived in 1842, accompanied by several American missionaries. By 1863, the Mission was run by the Christian abolitionist American Missionary Association (AMA). Both pages are in good condition. The stamped cover of this letter is addressed to: “Mr. Chauncey Whiton Westford CT.” The circular black postmark reads: “New York NOV 26 1863” Written on left of cover in pencil: “Oct. Letter 1863” In this long letter to his parents, AMA missionary Samuel J. Whiton (1839-1870) writes from "Good Hope, Sherbro Island, West Africa." [The Mendi Mission's "Good Hope Station"] In the pages of this letter, Whiton describes the complicated process of communicating by mail between America & Africa. Whiton describes the suffering (and temporary recovery) from severe African "FEVERS" of both himself and his young bride [Whiton's wife would die of a fever just a year after he wrote this letter home]. Whiton gives interesting details about his missionary work. Especially one vivid account of taking a VOYAGE DOWN-RIVER TO PREACH through an interpreter to "heathen" natives in a nearly Sherbro village. Whiton's letter gives details of his life and work at the Mission -- organizing a Sabbath school to teach native children to read, farming crops, traveling in their Association boat named the "River-Bird," etc. Whiton also describes the other missionaries he works with & some of the Mission's African converts, interpreters, etc.. Full Transcription of the letter follows: Written on back of 2nd page of letter: “Mr. Chauncey Whiton Westford, Conn, USA” Good Hope, Sherbro Island West Africa, Thur., Oct. 8th 1863 My Dear Parents: I did not expect to write home every month by the English mail, but as a package of letters is always going from the Mission to the Rooms in N.Y. [The "ROOMS" that Whiton refers to are the offices of the American Missionary Association located in NYC] I avail myself of the opportunity of sending you a sheet. It adds hardly a fraction to the postage, as the paper is so light and our letters all go in one envelope to be distributed by Mr. Whipple. The postage is paid by the Association [the AMA], usually. I wish that some of you would write me a letter every month and when you choose, send it to the care of Mr. Whipple [Rev. George Whipple D.D. 1805-1876, the correspondence secretary of the AMA]. In that case you only pay three cents postage. Sec. W. sends a bunch of letters to the Mission every month by mail steamer, and a sheet of thin paper to me could often be sent without adding a cent to the postage. But I hope that you will send occasionally Direct through England, as I am more certain to receive it speedily. In either case write so as to mail at Westford on the 2nd or Third day of the month, as I shall then receive it the middle of the following month, while if you delay till the 8th or 10th it will be an entire month later in reaching Africa on account of failure of connection in Steamers at Liverpool. The health of myself and wife is now very good. We have both had fever since I wrote you last, but are now fully recovered. I was quite sick for a week,

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 259
Auktion:
Datum:
06.10.2016
Auktionshaus:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Whinton, Samuel J. (1839-1870). AMA missionary. ALS, 2pp., 8 x 10.5 in., written in clear legible brown ink on unlined light-blue "onion-skin" thin paper, Good Hope, Sherbro, Island, West Africa, October 1863. Addressed to Mr. Chauncey Whiton Westford, CT. The Kaw-Mendi Mission was originally established by missionaries who returned with the Amistad mutineers to Africa. In 1839 African Mende captives enslaved in Sierra Leone took control of the Spanish schooner "La Amistad." They killed the Captain and some of the crew and tried to sail back to Africa. The Spanish secretly maneuvered the ship north until it was captured off the coast of Long Island. The fate of the mutineers became a celebrated cause for the growing forces of abolition in the United States. In 1841, the Mende were freed by the US Supreme Court. Funds were raised to return thirty-five survivors to Africa. They arrived in 1842, accompanied by several American missionaries. By 1863, the Mission was run by the Christian abolitionist American Missionary Association (AMA). Both pages are in good condition. The stamped cover of this letter is addressed to: “Mr. Chauncey Whiton Westford CT.” The circular black postmark reads: “New York NOV 26 1863” Written on left of cover in pencil: “Oct. Letter 1863” In this long letter to his parents, AMA missionary Samuel J. Whiton (1839-1870) writes from "Good Hope, Sherbro Island, West Africa." [The Mendi Mission's "Good Hope Station"] In the pages of this letter, Whiton describes the complicated process of communicating by mail between America & Africa. Whiton describes the suffering (and temporary recovery) from severe African "FEVERS" of both himself and his young bride [Whiton's wife would die of a fever just a year after he wrote this letter home]. Whiton gives interesting details about his missionary work. Especially one vivid account of taking a VOYAGE DOWN-RIVER TO PREACH through an interpreter to "heathen" natives in a nearly Sherbro village. Whiton's letter gives details of his life and work at the Mission -- organizing a Sabbath school to teach native children to read, farming crops, traveling in their Association boat named the "River-Bird," etc. Whiton also describes the other missionaries he works with & some of the Mission's African converts, interpreters, etc.. Full Transcription of the letter follows: Written on back of 2nd page of letter: “Mr. Chauncey Whiton Westford, Conn, USA” Good Hope, Sherbro Island West Africa, Thur., Oct. 8th 1863 My Dear Parents: I did not expect to write home every month by the English mail, but as a package of letters is always going from the Mission to the Rooms in N.Y. [The "ROOMS" that Whiton refers to are the offices of the American Missionary Association located in NYC] I avail myself of the opportunity of sending you a sheet. It adds hardly a fraction to the postage, as the paper is so light and our letters all go in one envelope to be distributed by Mr. Whipple. The postage is paid by the Association [the AMA], usually. I wish that some of you would write me a letter every month and when you choose, send it to the care of Mr. Whipple [Rev. George Whipple D.D. 1805-1876, the correspondence secretary of the AMA]. In that case you only pay three cents postage. Sec. W. sends a bunch of letters to the Mission every month by mail steamer, and a sheet of thin paper to me could often be sent without adding a cent to the postage. But I hope that you will send occasionally Direct through England, as I am more certain to receive it speedily. In either case write so as to mail at Westford on the 2nd or Third day of the month, as I shall then receive it the middle of the following month, while if you delay till the 8th or 10th it will be an entire month later in reaching Africa on account of failure of connection in Steamers at Liverpool. The health of myself and wife is now very good. We have both had fever since I wrote you last, but are now fully recovered. I was quite sick for a week,

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 259
Auktion:
Datum:
06.10.2016
Auktionshaus:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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