Rev. TL Hodgson

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Journal; 1306pp; Hg.
Rev. Thomas Laidman Hodgson (1787-1850), Wesleyan missionary.
-- Journal 1819 July 27 - 1841 June 21. Describes his journey to South Africa in 1821 and the difficulties he met at Maquassi mission station in the Western Transvaal, where he tried to convert the Barolong and Griquas to Christianity 1819 1841 Journal; 1306pp; Hg. Rev. Thomas Laidman Hodgson (1787-1850), Wesleyan missionary.
-- Journal 1819 July 27 - 1841 June 21. Describes his journey to South Africa in 1821 and the difficulties he met at Maquassi mission station in the Western Transvaal, where he tried to convert the Barolong and Griquas to Christianity and to teach them the elements of agriculture.
-- Also covers the years he spent in missionary work at Cape Town. Extracts from the 1821-1831 part of this diary are shortly to be published by Witwatersrand University Press.

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