Letter from Walter Lawry to Wesleyan General Committee in London, 26 January 1824
Letter from Walter Lawry to Wesleyan General Committee in London, 26 January 1824
Letter from Walter Lawry to Wesleyan General Committee in London, 26 January 1824
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26 January 1824
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MLMSS 9651
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0.02 metres of textual material (1 folder)
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Handwritten letter on 1 sheet (folded to 4 pages) from Walter Lawry at Parramatta in 1824 to the General Committee, Wesleyan Mission House in London requesting permission to return to England. Lawry provides several reasons for wishing to return including the ageing of his parents and issues which have arisen between himself and the Wesleyan Genera...
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Letter from Walter Lawry to Wesleyan General Committee in London, 26 January 1824
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Digital order no:Album ID : 1319119
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Horizontal tear on back pages.
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Purchased from Hordern House Rare Books, Acquisitions, no. 18, October 2014
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Walter Lawry was a Methodist missionary who came to Australia as a chaplain on the convict ship, Lady Castlereagh in 1818. He was instrumental in the development of the Methodist Church in Australia having established a Methodist church at Parramatta and services in Bathurst. In 1822 he was appointed missionary in the Friendly Islands (Tonga group)...
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MLMSS 9651
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1l4dLde1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l4dLde1
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1287070
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