Minute book of the Selkirk mission to Trinidad

Item

Identifier: Acc.13180

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Minute book, 1839-1849, giving an account of the efforts of the United Presbyterian Church of Selkirk to raise funds in order to sponsor and support George Brodie as a missionary in Trinidad.

Brodie expressed his wish to carry out overseas mission work, and the Selkirk presbytery convened a committee to assess the feasibility of raising funds to support his calling. It was calculated that Brodie could be supported and carry out his work on £40 per annum, and a Society was constituted with a view to raising the required capital. By December 1839, the necessary funds had been raised and Brodie was ordained as a missionary and left for Trinidad, where he established a mission at Arouca.

The mission was transferred to the United Presbyterian Church in 1848.

Dates

Creation: 1839-1849.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Extent

0.01 Linear metres (1 volume)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought: Pickering and Chatto144-146 New Bond Street LondonW1S 2TR 13180

Related Materials

Further letters and papers concerning the mission at Arouca, Trinidad, can be found in MS.8020.

Additional index entries for George Brodie can be found in volume 6 of the catalogue of manuscripts.

Minute books of the United Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board (which took over the mission in 1848) are in Dep.298.