David Cargill. Diary of Second Missionary Journey, 1843

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Fonds MS 911
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A description of the Wesleyan missionary David Cargill's (1809?-1843) first journey to Tonga and Fiji was published as the Memoirs of Mrs M. Cargill. John Mason, 1841.

This diary, of his second journey in 1843 is a version typed in 1920 by J M Bulloch together with 8 pages of information on the Cargill family. It is not known where the original ms. version is.

It details the voyage to Hobart, and his travels round Tasmania, preaching; the journey to Vavau, Tonga and ends with Cargill preaching in Tonganese. It covers the period 1 May to 29 March 1843 and has 33 pages.

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