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Buxton to Lushington, thanking him for telling what had passed between himself and Inglis over the latter's proposal for a Church of England Society for Africa and offering to join with him in any such matter, but saying that his own association with the Dissenters in the African Civilization Society precluded him from assuming a major position in the new project, 3 Jan 1843

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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 20A, p. 330

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He could offer money and the limited amount of service that his ill health would permit, but reserved the right to still support other causes by which Dissenters proposed to benefit Africa. He regrets that he and Lushington did not see eye to eye over this but asserts that this should not be a matter of difference between them after all Lushington had done to help him over the past twenty years. (Memoir, p. 561.) (Copy.)

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  • Creation: 3 Jan 1843

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1 page

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  • English

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MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 20A, p. 330

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