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Small Collection 66 - Letter of Mary Jane Wilson, 1836
Small Collection 66 [February 23, 1996]
Wilson, Mary Jane; -1836
Letter; 1836
1 Folder
Restrictions
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.
Biography
Missionary with the American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions in southern Africa; married Alexander Wilson
and had one child, Martha; died in Moseqa of a fever in
September 1836, leaving an eight-month-old daughter, Martha.
Scope and Content
Letter from Wilson to her uncle, Michael Gretter, in Richmond,
Virginia. The letter describes the new baby born to her and
her husband; the attempt of missionaries Daniel Lindley and
Henry Venable to establish a mission station in a southern
Africa territory (Moseqa) under the protection of a Matabele
tribal chief (Moselekatse); local marriage customs; severe
drought in Grinquatown; and impressions of Robert Moffat,
Robert Hamilton, and Roger Edwards.
Provenance
The materials for this collection were received by the Center
in June 1980 from Terry Alford of the Manuscript Company of
Springfield, Virginia.
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