Letter from William Gill dated 1850 December 31
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Title:
Letter from William Gill dated 1850 December 31
Series Title:
South Seas, 1850
Added title page title:
Folder number 4 : Jacket C : Letter 3 (Cook Islands)
Creator:
Gill, William, 1813-1878 ( Secretary )
Place of Publication:
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Publisher:
[holographic manuscript]
Publication Date:
Language:
English

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
John Williams I (ship)
Teachers ( LCSH )
Thomson, Robert, 1816-1851
Pitman, Charles, 1796-1884
Sick ( LCSH )
Medical care ( LCSH )
Health ( LCSH )
Océanie -- les Îles Cook -- Rarotonga
Spatial Coverage:
Oceania -- Cook Islands -- Rarotonga
Coordinates:
-21.233333 x -159.783333

Notes

Abstract:
Resolutions of mission committee June 30. and Dec. 31. Acknowledgments. Welcomes Kiro's return from England. Native teachers' supplies etc. Work of press. Welcomes news of Directors’ decision to continue their support to Mr Thomson who had recently called thereon his way to Port Philip. Mrs Pitman gone to New South Wales on account of ill health. If "John Williams" should not arrive within six months teachers and supplies to be sent to those at Manaiki by any availalble opportunity. Deplores rumour of "John Williams" being detained in England. Points out deplorable results likely should its services to those seas be discontinued. Native teachers' Institution. Accounts. Press. Statistics. ( en )
General Note:
This document bears the date 1850 December 31
General Note:
The L.M.S. handlist bears the name Hervey Islands. Hervey Islands was an earlier name for the Cook Islands, named by Captain James Cook on sighting Manuae Island of the Cook Islands in honour of Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, then a Lord of the Admiralty.
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Gill, William, 1813-1878 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/67516212
General Note:
Biographical reference for William Wyatt Gill, see: Sibree, James. "A Register of missionaries, deputations, etc. from 1796 to 1923." (London : London Missionary Society, 1923) page 41, entry number 368

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Rights Management:
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Resource Identifier:
CWM/LMS/South Seas/Incoming correspondence/Box 23/Folder No. 4 (Hervey Islands)/Jacket C/Letter 3 ( order with reference )
CWM/LMS/02/02/116 ( calm reference )