Australia, 1840

Includes letters from: Frederick Miller, Hobart (fragment only) - plea for missionary ship to call at Hobart Town en route (as the Wesleyans do) to raise interest joint letter from Thomas Slatyer, William Harbutt, Henry Dickson and George Drummond, Sydney John Saunders, Sydney (temporary agent) - as...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Australia/Incoming Correspondence/Box 3
Date(s) of creation: 6 Jan - 11 Nov 1840
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.03.02.044
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Australia/Incoming Correspondence/Box 3
callnumber CWM/LMS/03/02/044
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/03/02/044
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/03/02/044
prefix_number 044
title Australia, 1840
scb_date_creation 6 Jan - 11 Nov 1840
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 27 items
format Archive
description Includes letters from: Frederick Miller, Hobart (fragment only) - plea for missionary ship to call at Hobart Town en route (as the Wesleyans do) to raise interest joint letter from Thomas Slatyer, William Harbutt, Henry Dickson and George Drummond, Sydney John Saunders, Sydney (temporary agent) - asks instructions on attitude to Catholic presence on South Sea islands; prophecy of Papua mission; Samoan teachers staying in Sydney being taught trades; death of Henry Dickson; enclosed letter from George Blaxland explaining Erromangans' hostility to missionary party; reasoned suggestion for Solomon Islands as mission field in Western Polynesia; story of contacts with Solomon Islands; arrival of Robert Ross (new agent); extract re evangelizing the whole Pacific William Harbutt, Sydney Thomas Slatyer, Sydney Captain Robert Morgan, Sydney - some bones of John Williams and John Harris recovered, and buried at Apia Robert Ross, Sydney - teachers left at Tanna and Erromanga; juvenile auxiliary association formed John Edye Manning, Sydney - Supreme Court, releasing assets of John Harris's estate Lancelot Threlkeld, Ebenezer, Lake Macquarie George Griffin, Adelaide Henry Nott, Sydney George Drummond, Sydney
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number Folder 3
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs one letter fragmentary
scb_finding_aids A detailed list of Australia Incoming Correspondence, 1798-1868 (list D1), is available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library.
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0003.0002.00044

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