John Thomas - journals, 1825-1841 and Sarah Thomas - journal, 1825-1834, transcribed by Dr Janet Luckcock

MLMSS 6228

fonds

1825-1841, transcribed 1980s

135557

1 box - 0.16 Meters
Textual Records - (typescript)

Rev. John Thomas (1797-1881) and his wife Sarah (1792-1867) travelled from London to Tonga in 1825 under the auspices of the Methodist Church to carry out missionary work. Apart from a three year sojourn in England in the 1850s the two worked on various islands which made up the then Friendly Islands until 1860 when they returned to England. [Information from these papers and the book A pioneer. A memoir of the Rev. John Thomas, missionary to the Friendly Islands by G. Stringer Bowe held in the Mitchell Library at A922.7/T]

1825-1841; Official journal of Rev. John Thomas (Call No.: ML MSS 6228 item 1)
1819-1840; Private journal of Rev. John Thomas (Call No.: ML MSS 6228 item 2)
A memoir of Sarah Thomas by Rev. John Thomas, which concludes in the year 1825 (Call No.: ML MSS 6228 item 3)
1825-1834; Private journal of Sarah Thomas (Call No.: ML MSS 6228 item 4)

Original journals (Methodist Missionary Society papers, London) from which these transcripts have been made are on microfilm MAV/FM4/1433-1440. A guide to the contents of these microfilms is located at Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.3/3, p.33