Jamaica, 1835-1841, Ecclesiastical : Correspondence; List; Report; Memorandum; Address; Financial document; Order; Petition; Printed book; Index; Returns Nov 1826 - Nov 1830; Jan 1835 - Mar 1843.

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Other

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English

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1 online resource.

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English

Summary:

Correspondence from the bishop of Jamaica, Christopher Lipscomb, to the secretary of state mainly concerning ecclesiastical matters such as his work and the upkeep of his residence, and the appointment, conduct, leave of absence, and resignation of members of the clergy. Also includes: List of schoolmasters, catechists and lay teachers General report on the diocese for 1834, arranged by parish, giving total number of slave population, details of parish churches and other places of worship, with names and duties of their incumbents, and details of schools with numbers of pupils Report of the establishment of a National School at Kingston on the model of the Central School at the Sanctuary, Westminster, on Dr Bell's or the Madras system of education Reports that a Parochial Society for the building of Churches and Chapels has been formed in St James Expense of postage on his correspondence Application from the Lieutenant Governor of Bahamas for aid towards the salaries of two additional clergymen Petition from inhabitants of Westmorland, who state 'Your Petitioners are convinced, that the most effectual way of advancing the Civilization of the Apprentice Labourers, and their children, is, to bring Education and sound Religious Instruction within their reach' Statement of new churches, chapels and schoolhouses in Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Bahamas, and of grants of moieties of salaries from local sources Measures taken to meet the grant of the Bahamas legislature for additional curates Printed copy of 'A Form of Prayer, to be used in the Island of Jamaica, on the 1st Day of August, 1838, being the day appointed for a Central Thanksgiving on the Termination of the Apprenticeship' Printed copy of 'A Sermon preached at the Parish Church of Spanish-Town, on Wednesday, the first of August, 1838, being the Festival in Commemoration of the Termination of the Apprenticeship, by Christopher, Lord Bishop of Jamaica' Printed copy of a report of National Schools in Jamaica, 1 November 1838 Copy of a petition from the freeholders and others of St Catherine for the erection of a chapel of ease, with related correspondence Proposed establishment of a college Memorandum on the ecclesiastical laws of Jamaica.

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AMDigital Reference:CO 137/272.

CO 137.