Letter : Vewa [Fiji] to Revd. J. Eggleston, Hobart Town, Van Dieman's [sic] Land [manuscript]. 1843 June 21.

Eggleston, John, 1813-1879

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Hunt, John, 1812-1848

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John Hunt was born on June 13, 1812 in Hykeham Moor near Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The third of four children, he spent his early years on a farm overseen by his father. At the age of seventeen Hunt converted to Methodism and was called to preach on the Lincoln Circuit. In 1835 he attended the Wesleyan Theological Institution at Hoxton near London. During his second year of study Hunt was asked to join the mission headed by the Rev. David Cargill (d. 1843) in Fiji. He married Hannah Su...