440662
- TitleH. Nisbet - Papers, 1836-1876
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- Call numberPMB 417
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--] - Type of material
- Reference code440662
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : PMB 417
- Physical Descriptionmicrofilm reels 35 mm
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
The Rev. Henry Nisbet, LL.D. (1818-1876), a missionary of the London Missionary Society, left England for the Pacific Islands in August 1840. He reached Samoa from Sydney in August 1841, and went to Tanna, New Hebrides, in the following June. He returned to Samoa in February 1843 and was stationed there for the rest of his life. In 1846 and 1848 he visited Niue, the New Hebrided and the Loyalty Islands on behalf of his mission. He visited Australia in 1854 and 1867-1868; and England and Canada in 1868-1870 - Scope and ContentOne notebook (numbered 1), 13 journals (numbered 2-14), some hymns in Samoan, and letters from Nisbert to his second wife, Lydia Lantoret
- General note
PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 417
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