A missionary's letter to Lord Palmerston

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Reference
- GB 210 NLW MS 16610C.
Alternative Id.
Dates of Creation
- 1837
Name of Creator
- Williams, John, 1796-1839.
  Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865
Language of Material
- English.
Physical Description
- 4 ff. ; c. 235 x 190 mm.
Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A letter, 26 May 1837, from the Rev. John Williams, missionary, to [Henry John Temple,] Lord Palmerston, the then Foreign Secretary, sending him a copy (not present) of his book A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands (London, 1837) (ff. 1-2); together with a copy letter, in his own hand, of Lord Palmerston's reply, 22 August 1837 (ff. 3-4).
Williams discusses his forthcoming return to the South Pacific Ocean (ff. 1 verso-2); he was killed by cannibals on Erromango, Vanuatu, in November 1839.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically at NLW.

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