Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society records, ca. 1817-1827
Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society records, ca. 1817-1827
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ca. 1817-1827
Call Numbers
MLMSS 197 , Status: Box 1-2 unavailable , B 1503
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Contents
3 boxes of textual material
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Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
The original arrangement of the letters is not known, although some letters are numbered in ink. The letters were at a subsequent time arranged in bundles or ‘items’ organised either by correspondent name or location, and this arrangement has been preserved. In some cases these groupings are consistent with the catalogue numbers in B 1503.
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Contents
MLMSS 197
The collection largely comprises letters from Methodist clergy and missionaries to the general secretaries of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in Sydney, most addressed to Rev. S. Rabone, and some to Rev. J. Eggleston and to Rev. B. Chapman. Also included are photographs, reports and articles relating to the M...
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Full title
Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society records, ca. 1817-1827
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Ironside, Samuel, 1814-1897
Curnow, William, 1832-1903
Waterhouse, Joseph, 1828-1881
Waterhouse, Samuel, 1830-1918
Hurst, George, 1816-1885
Brown, George, 1835-1917
Boyce, William B. (William Binnington), 1804-1889
Hoole, Elijah, 1798-1872
Fletcher, Joseph Horner, 1823-1890
Vanderkiste, R. W. (Robert Weguelin)
Draper, Daniel James, 1810-1866
Watsford, John, 1820-1907
Quick, William A., 1820-1915
Manton, J. A., 1807-1864
Martin, George, (Rev.)
Johnston, Thomas
Bickford, James, 1816-1895
Colwell, James, 1860-1930
Oram, Joseph
Lane, George
Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Angus & Robertson, 1915-1916
Administrative / Biographical history
The Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society was constituted in London in 1818, and in the same year a mission for convicts was founded in New South Wales, with work beginning in other colonies in Australia, New Zealand and the South Seas in later years. In 1855, the Australasian Methodist Missionary Society was granted autonomy, with Stephen Rabone,...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 197 , Status: Box 1-2 unavailable , B 1503
Record Identifier
9AL4J7QY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9AL4J7QY
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Reference code
1260024
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