Letter from William Mills dated 1850 July 16, Upolu, Samoa

Acknowledgments. Natives’ eagerness to purchase New Testaments. His house destroyed in recent storm, and details of latter. Birth of a daughter. Conditions after storm. Attendance at seamen’s chapel often good owing to number of vessels calling on way to California. Concerning Directors’ attitude to...

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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: Mills, William, 1811-1876
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/LMS0000081
URL Description: Digital copy available on SOAS Digital Collections

Order number: CWM/LMS/South Seas/Incoming correspondence/Box 23/Folder No. 5 (Samoan Islands)/Jacket C
Summary: Acknowledgments. Natives’ eagerness to purchase New Testaments. His house destroyed in recent storm, and details of latter. Birth of a daughter. Conditions after storm. Attendance at seamen’s chapel often good owing to number of vessels calling on way to California. Concerning Directors’ attitude toward missionaries’ children being sent home for education. Death of his little son.
Main author: Mills, William, 1811-1876
Access status: Open
Language: English
Scripts: Latin
Copies: Digital copy available on SOAS Digital Collections
Format: Archive