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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/GHW/1/5/1
Former ReferenceD3311/82/1/12
TitleLetter from W. Wilson Cash, General Secretary of the Christian Missionary Society, to H.W, Gell, enclosing extracts from letters relating to John Franklin and the Society
Date23 Feb 1937
DescriptionHe quotes an extract from Dr. Stock's History of the Church Missionary Society, Vol. 1 page 246, on Sir John Franklin's urging the Society to extend its work to other Indian tribes, particularly the Eskimo. Wilson Cash adds that the work was carried out by the Society for many years until responsibility was handed to the Canadian Church, with the C.M.S. giving an endowment grant of £25,000 in 1920 when work was transferred.
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RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderW. Wilson Cash
Sender Location6, Salisbury Square, London EC4
RecipientHenry Willingham Gell
Recipient LocationWicksted near Leamington
Archive CreatorHenry Willingham Gell (1856-1942)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
TermInuit
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Indigenous populations

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