Society Islands, 1845

Includes letters from Baimata, Huahine members of Church at Mr Orsmond's station Thomas Joseph and William Howe - accounts of the coronations of kings of Raiatea and Borabora Robert Thomson, Papeete, Paofai and Tahiti and as secretary John Davies, Papara John Orsmond, Tahiti and Teahupoo [Taiarapu p...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/South Seas/Incoming correspondence/Box 18A
Date(s) of creation: 3 Jan - 31 Dec 1845
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/South Seas/Incoming correspondence/Box 18A
Summary: Includes letters from Baimata, Huahine members of Church at Mr Orsmond's station Thomas Joseph and William Howe - accounts of the coronations of kings of Raiatea and Borabora Robert Thomson, Papeete, Paofai and Tahiti and as secretary John Davies, Papara John Orsmond, Tahiti and Teahupoo [Taiarapu peninsula] John Rodgerson, Borabora Alfred Smee George Platt, Raiatea - to Governor Bruat David Darling, Tahiti John Jesson, Cork and West Smithfield [London] Joseph Moore, Liverpool William Henry, Papeloai and Eimeo [Moorea] Alexander Simpson, Eimeo/Moorea Ernest Krause, Tahaa as Secretary and (later) on board John Williams off Chain Island [Anaa, Tuamotu archipelago] William Howe, London John Johnston, Papara (latter part of letter missing) and Tahiti Charles Barff, Huahine - and joint letter with John Barff concerning their son/brother John Barff, Papeete George Platt, Raiatea George Charter, Raiatea Mr Ellis ?William extract from letter of a merchant resident in Tahiti Secretaries of LMS to M Guizot (Copy) - see Home Letters Captain Dechnires on board the Anna warning John Rodgerson of a coming attack on 'natives' in the Borabora chapel Muir & Morton, Liverpool
Extent: 95 items
Access status: Open
Language: English
Tahitian
File number: Folders 1, 2, 3 and 4
Finding aids: Handlist available
Format: Archive