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- 1841 (Creation)
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John Clarke was a Baptist missionary who spent time in Fernando Po (Bioko, Equatorial Guinea), 1841-1847 and Havanna la Mar, Jamaica, 1854.
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GB 1446 MS 5 1841 collection 1 volume Clarke , John , fl 1841-1854 , Baptist missionary
John Clarke was a Baptist missionary who spent time in Fernando Po (Bioko, Equatorial Guinea), 1841-1847 and Havanna la Mar, Jamaica, 1854.
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Manuscript notebook containing a vocabulary list of a number of African languages, chiefly Hausa, written by John Clarke in Fernando Po, 1841.
Single item
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Hausa, English and unidentified African languages.
Note-book; light brown cloth boards.
18 X 12 cm
Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.
For a dictionary of the Fernandian tongue, by Clarke, see MS 4.
This notebook may be, like MS 4, a copy of Clarke's original manuscript, copied for the Ethnological Society, London.
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Apr 2008 Communications media Africa African languages Books Clarke , John , fl 1841-1854 , Baptist missionary Dictionaries Grammar Hausa Linguistics Publications Reference materials Information sciences
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Manuscript notebook containing a vocabulary list of a number of African languages, chiefly Hausa, written by John Clarke in Fernando Po, 1841.
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Single item
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Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.
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- English
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- Latin
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Hausa, English and unidentified African languages.
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For a dictionary of the Fernandian tongue, by Clarke, see MS 4.
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Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.
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This notebook may be, like MS 4, a copy of Clarke's original manuscript, copied for the Ethnological Society, London.
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This notebook may be, like MS 4, a copy of Clarke's original manuscript, copied for the Ethnological Society, London.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English