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Correspondence from the bishop of Jamaica, Christopher Lipscomb, to the secretary...
Catalogue reference: CO 137/270
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This record is about the Correspondence from the bishop of Jamaica, Christopher Lipscomb, to the secretary... dating from 1831-1832 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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CO 137/270
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Date (When the record was created)
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1831-1832
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence from the bishop of Jamaica, Christopher Lipscomb, to the secretary of state mainly concerning ecclesiastical matters such as the appointment, conduct and resignation of members of the clergy. Also includes:
- Account of the progress made in the diocese in the religious instruction of the slaves, with list of twelve new chapels erected in Jamaica since 1825, and three planned; includes brief comments on Grand Cayman, Bahamas and Honduras; with printed copies from a Parliamentary Paper on the subject dated 24 May 1832
- Printed report of the 'Society for the Conversion etc., of the Negro Slaves, etc.' including details, by parish, of attendance at churches, chapels, Sunday schools, and of instruction given by clergy on estates; total numbers of children and adults under 'catechetical instruction' at estates in St Thomas in the Vale and St Thomas in the East; examination by the bishop of children of the Free National School and School of Industry; account of the school in Moore Town; and total annual subscriptions and donations to the society
- Acknowledgement of secretary of state's despatch of 23 July 1831 stating that clergymen appointed by the Crown in the diocese should not become slave owners, and should employ slaves on hire only in cases of necessity
- Correspondence with the Church Missionary Society
- The Clergy Bill: reports that it has not been passed in the House of Assembly
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C978802/
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CO 137
Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence
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Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence
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