We’re
seldom introduced to other Liberian interest. Seton’s letter takes us to the
name of another reading and circulating Watch Tower material: “A recent letter from
Bro. C. J. George to me, in reference to the Church of Christ, ... says: ‘When
you communicate to America you will not fail to remind Bro. Russell of the
interest that is being awakened at L___, and also to send me a few more of his
tracts (assorted), missionary envelopes, and a copy of the Emphatic Diaglott.’”
C. J.
George’s identity is uncertain. There are two possibilities. Christopher J. George
was a mission school teacher at Cape Palmas about 1885, and thus someone Seton
would have known. He was educated in mission schools in Sierra Leone, but
served in various ways the Protestant Episcopal Church in Liberia. However,
Seton’s letter suggests that C. J. George was resident outside of Liberia. Charles
Joseph George was a native trader in Lagos, Nigeria and a member of the
Legislative Counsel. He connects to Seton through Blythe.[1] The
“L____” of Seton’s letter may be Lagos, Nigeria. When Seton wrote in 1890,
George was a member of the legislative council and in contact with Blythe. We
lack sufficient documentation to make a positive identification.
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