Hawaiian Mission Children's Society - Marquesas collection, 1831-1834 ; English translations of sele...
Hawaiian Mission Children's Society - Marquesas collection, 1831-1834 ; English translations of selected Hawaiian language documents
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PMB 1171
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microfilm reels 35 mm
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Microfilm : PMB 1171
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Included in this collection is one folder of documents pertaining to an earlier mission to the Washington Islands (Marquesas), 1831-1834. A preliminary visit to explore the islands was made by Messrs. Whitney, Tinker and Alexander of the Sandwich Islands mission in 1832. A favourable report led to the departure in July 1833 of American Protestant m...
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Hawaiian Mission Children's Society - Marquesas collection, 1831-1834 ; English translations of selected Hawaiian language documents
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PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1171
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Microfilm. Canberra, A.C.T. : Produced for the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University. 2 microfilm reels
Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library, Mission Houses Museum, 553 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawai'i, 96813
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Administrative / Biographical history
In June 1853 two ordained Hawaiian ministers, Rev. James K. Kekela and Rev. Samuel Kauwealoha, and their wives, and two deacons and their wives, were chosen by the Hawaiian Missionary Board to sail on the English brigantine, Royalist, for the Marquesas Islands located 2,300 miles to the southeast. Accompanied by New England missionary Benjamin Park...
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PMB 1171
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9gkd3Zm9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkd3Zm9
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441515
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