Letter from Thomas Powell dated 1850 July 12, Tutuila, American Samoa

Acknowledgments. Possibilities in Western Polynesia, but Papists already active there. Conditions of station at Pagopago unsatisfactory. Triumph of the Gospel seen in amicable settlement of two quarrels. Details of mission services etc. May meeting and contributions at Pagopago and Leone. Happy coop...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/South Seas/Incoming correspondence/Box 23/Folder No. 5 (Samoan Islands)/Jacket C
Date(s) of creation: 1850
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Powell, Thomas, 1817-1890
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/LMS0000080
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Order number: CWM/LMS/South Seas/Incoming correspondence/Box 23/Folder No. 5 (Samoan Islands)/Jacket C
Summary: Acknowledgments. Possibilities in Western Polynesia, but Papists already active there. Conditions of station at Pagopago unsatisfactory. Triumph of the Gospel seen in amicable settlement of two quarrels. Details of mission services etc. May meeting and contributions at Pagopago and Leone. Happy cooperation with Mr Murray. Church statistics. Natives’ eagerness to purchase New Testaments, Advice of bill for furniture, a horse and in part payment for his house.
Main author: Powell, Thomas, 1817-1890
Access status: Open
Language: English
Scripts: Latin
Format: Archive