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- 1835-c1975 (Creation)
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Born in London, 1801; son of a leather merchant; studied at St John's College, Cambridge; BA, 1824; MA, 1832; ordained in the Anglican church; the family emigrated to America, 1833; appointed Rector of St Peter's, New York, and Librarian of the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States; was dismissed after preaching a Thanksgiving sermon advocating emancipation of slaves, 1835; returned to London and became curate of Tooting (Surrey); given responsibility for the guardianship of two princes from the Gold Coast, (John) Ossoo Ansah (c1822-1884), son of the reigning king of Ashanti, and his cousin (William) Quanti Massah (Nkwantamisa) (d 1859), 1840; the princes had been sent as hostages under a peace treaty of 1831 between the Ashantis and the British government and it was felt that they would benefit from a trip to England, including her manufacturing towns; Pyne was subsequently perpetual curate of St Paul, Hook, near Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, 1843-1873; married Elizabeth (d 1911), daughter of Thomas Waters, 1860; believed in the power of hypnosis, advocated teetotalism, and opposed capital punishment; died, 1873. Publications included: translation of Pagan Rome (1839); Vital Magnetism: a remedy (1844); Judaea libera; or, the Eligibility of the Jews ... to Parliaments (1850); The Law of Kindness (1850); The Sabbath: its origin and perpetuity vindicated, from the Old and New Testaments [1850?]; A Glance at the Heavens, or, Sketch of Modern Astronomy (1852); A Memoir of the Rev R F Walker [1855]; translation of César Henri Abraham Malan's Traits of Romanism in Switzerland [1859?]. For further information see Maboth Moseley, 'The Ashanti Hostages in Britain', West Africa, 1 Nov 1952, p 1013.
Archival history
The records passed from Thomas Pyne's daughters to the Rev T A Beetham of the Methodist Missionary Society in the 1950s.
GB 0102 MS 380668 1835-c1975 Collection (fonds) 1 box Pyne , Thomas , 1801-1873 , clergyman
Born in London, 1801; son of a leather merchant; studied at St John's College, Cambridge; BA, 1824; MA, 1832; ordained in the Anglican church; the family emigrated to America, 1833; appointed Rector of St Peter's, New York, and Librarian of the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States; was dismissed after preaching a Thanksgiving sermon advocating emancipation of slaves, 1835; returned to London and became curate of Tooting (Surrey); given responsibility for the guardianship of two princes from the Gold Coast, (John) Ossoo Ansah (c1822-1884), son of the reigning king of Ashanti, and his cousin (William) Quanti Massah (Nkwantamisa) (d 1859), 1840; the princes had been sent as hostages under a peace treaty of 1831 between the Ashantis and the British government and it was felt that they would benefit from a trip to England, including her manufacturing towns; Pyne was subsequently perpetual curate of St Paul, Hook, near Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, 1843-1873; married Elizabeth (d 1911), daughter of Thomas Waters, 1860; believed in the power of hypnosis, advocated teetotalism, and opposed capital punishment; died, 1873. Publications included: translation of Pagan Rome (1839); Vital Magnetism: a remedy (1844); Judaea libera; or, the Eligibility of the Jews ... to Parliaments (1850); The Law of Kindness (1850); The Sabbath: its origin and perpetuity vindicated, from the Old and New Testaments [1850?]; A Glance at the Heavens, or, Sketch of Modern Astronomy (1852); A Memoir of the Rev R F Walker [1855]; translation of César Henri Abraham Malan's Traits of Romanism in Switzerland [1859?]. For further information see Maboth Moseley, 'The Ashanti Hostages in Britain', West Africa, 1 Nov 1952, p 1013.
The records passed from Thomas Pyne's daughters to the Rev T A Beetham of the Methodist Missionary Society in the 1950s.
Presented to SOAS by the Methodist Church Overseas Division in 1996.
Papers, 1835-c1975, of and relating to the Rev Thomas Pyne, comprising correspondence and accounts, 1839-1845 and undated, documenting Pyne's guardianship of (John) Ossoo Ansah and (William) Quanti Massah in England (1840), associated expenses, and aspects of their trip including invitations to dinner, entrance permits to London Zoo and to George Heriot's Hospital [School], Edinburgh, undated plan of a breakwater, Falmouth(?), undated print of Brighton Pavilion and other ephemera relating to places visited, photographs of paintings of the princes, and various visiting cards; other correspondence and papers of Pyne, 1835-1873 and undated, including printed Thanksgiving sermon preached at St Peter's Church, New York, including anti-slavery sentiments, 1835, pamphlets by Pyne on peace, 1844 and undated, and astronomy, 1852, a letter from L'Institut d'Afrique to Pyne concerning honorary membership, 1843, miscellaneous pamphlets relating to African affairs, and a photograph of Pyne, 1870; correspondence, notes, transcripts from original documents, and other papers, 1950-1953, c1975 and undated, concerning Pyne and his papers, and the two princes, including their portraits.
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No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English, including shorthand, French, and [Arabic?]
Unpublished draft handlist.
Further information on the princes appears in War and Colonial Department correspondence relating to Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast at the Public Record Office (Ref: CO 267).
Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Source: British Library OPAC. 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 2002 Accounting Africa Anglicans Ansah , John Ossoo , c 1822-1884 , Ashanti prince x Ansah , Ossoo Anti-slavery Ashanti Associations Astronomy Brighton Brighton Pavilion Christians Clergy Coastal protection Cornwall Edinburgh England Ethnic groups Europe Falmouth Finance Financial administration Fine arts Foreign relations George Heriot's Hospital , Edinburgh Ghana Gold Coast Harbour and coastal engineering Hydraulic engineering International relations Learned societies Liberation movements L'Institut d'Afrique London London Zoo Massah , William Quanti , d 1859 , Ashanti prince x Massah , Quanti x Nkwantamisa Midlothian Monarchy Natural heritage Nature conservation Nature reserves New York North America Organizations Pacifism Painting Paintings Photographs Political doctrines Political movements Political systems Protestants Pyne , Thomas , 1801-1873 , clergyman Religious doctrines Religious groups Religious texts Schools Scotland Sermons Slavery Social structure St Peter's Church , New York Sussex Theology Travel Travel abroad UK USA Visual materials West Africa Western Europe Zoological gardens Educational institutions East Sussex Illustrations Catholics
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Presented to SOAS by the Methodist Church Overseas Division in 1996.
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Papers, 1835-c1975, of and relating to the Rev Thomas Pyne, comprising correspondence and accounts, 1839-1845 and undated, documenting Pyne's guardianship of (John) Ossoo Ansah and (William) Quanti Massah in England (1840), associated expenses, and aspects of their trip including invitations to dinner, entrance permits to London Zoo and to George Heriot's Hospital [School], Edinburgh, undated plan of a breakwater, Falmouth(?), undated print of Brighton Pavilion and other ephemera relating to places visited, photographs of paintings of the princes, and various visiting cards; other correspondence and papers of Pyne, 1835-1873 and undated, including printed Thanksgiving sermon preached at St Peter's Church, New York, including anti-slavery sentiments, 1835, pamphlets by Pyne on peace, 1844 and undated, and astronomy, 1852, a letter from L'Institut d'Afrique to Pyne concerning honorary membership, 1843, miscellaneous pamphlets relating to African affairs, and a photograph of Pyne, 1870; correspondence, notes, transcripts from original documents, and other papers, 1950-1953, c1975 and undated, concerning Pyne and his papers, and the two princes, including their portraits.
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No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
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- English
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- Latin
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English, including shorthand, French, and [Arabic?]
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Further information on the princes appears in War and Colonial Department correspondence relating to Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast at the Public Record Office (Ref: CO 267).
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Unpublished draft handlist.
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- Finance » Financial administration » Accounting
- Organizations » Associations
- Astronomy
- Religious groups » Christians
- Religious groups » Clergy
- Hydraulic engineering » Harbour and coastal engineering » Coastal protection
- Ethnic groups
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- Fine arts
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- Hydraulic engineering » Harbour and coastal engineering
- Hydraulic engineering
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- Political movements » Liberation movements
- Political systems » Monarchy
- Natural heritage
- Natural heritage » Nature conservation
- Natural heritage » Nature conservation » Nature reserves
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- Fine arts » Painting
- Fine arts » Painting » Paintings
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- Political doctrines
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- Theology » Religious doctrines
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- Social structure » Slavery
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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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