Correspondence relating to the appointment of some of the missionaries who served in the South Seas Mission, 1796-1880

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The papers comprise correspondence relating to the appointment of some of the missionaries who served in the South Seas Mission, particularly in the period 1830-1860. In addition to the letters from the candidates themselves, there are letters from referees and, in a small number of cases, completed examination papers.

The files are arranged alphabetically. The following missionaries are represented: William Baker (1859), Charles Barff (1816), Thomas Blossom (1821), Robert Bourne (1816), J. Buchanan (1796), Thomas Bullen (1840), Aaron Buzacott (1827), George Charter (1838), Alexander Chisholm (1842), Stephen M. Creagh (1853), David Darling (1816), George Drummond (1839), Samuel Ella (1847), William Ellis (1816), Henry Gee (1859), George Gill (1844), W. Wyatt Gill (1851), William Harbutt (1839), Charles Hardie (1835), James Hayward (1798), William Howe (1838), John I. Jesson (1841), Joseph Johnston (1838), John Jones (1853), Thomas Joseph (1838), William Law (1851), W.A. Lind (1851), Alexander Macdonald (1835), Samuel Macfarlane (1859), William Mills (1835), J. Moore (1842), Archibald W. Murray (1835), James E. Newell (1880), Henry Nisbet (1840), John M. Orsmond (1816), Charles Pitman (1824), George Platt (1816), Thomas Powell (1844), George Pratt (1838), George Pritchard (1824), J. Puckey (1796), John Rodgerson (1833), Thomas Slatyer (1839), A. Smee (1840), J. Smith (1830), G. Spencer (1851), John B. Stair (1838), George Stallworthy (1833), C.G. Stevens (1838), James P. Sunderland (1844), Robert Thomson (1838), Lancelot E. Threlkeld (1816), George Turner (1840), John Williams (1816) and Charles Wilson (1798).

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