Edward Main of the Duff, by G. Lindsay Lockley

Account of Edward Main [Mayne, or Maine], one of the first missionaries to set sail for the South Seas [South Pacific] with the London Missionary Society on the Duff. Continues an account of his life after his resignation from the Society in 1798, in the penal colony at Port Jackson, New South Wales...

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Order number: CWML MSS 215
Date(s) of creation: 1959
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

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title Edward Main of the Duff, by G. Lindsay Lockley
scb_date_creation 1959
scb_level Item
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scb_extent 1 vol (10 pp)
format Archive
scb_admin_history Edward Main was born in 1772. He was appointed as a missionary to the South Seas with the London Missionary Society, and sailed on 10 Aug 1796 aborad the Duff. They arrived at Tahiti on 6 Mar 1797. Leaving for Port Jackson on 31 Mar 1798, he arrived 14 May, and resigned from the Society.
description Account of Edward Main [Mayne, or Maine], one of the first missionaries to set sail for the South Seas [South Pacific] with the London Missionary Society on the Duff. Continues an account of his life after his resignation from the Society in 1798, in the penal colony at Port Jackson, New South Wales.
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