Letter [manuscript]. 1817.

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Letter [manuscript]. 1817.

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A letter in Tahitian by the Tahitian Chief Pomare II to a London Missionary Society missionary-printer, during the first year of printing in the Pacific Island. Pomare had pulled the first sheets from the press at Eimeo on 30 June 1817. The letter was probably written to Rev. William Ellis.

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Ellis, William, 1794-1872

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London missionary society

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Rev. Joseph King served in Samoa, 1863-1872. Rev. Harry Dauncey settled at Port Moresby in 1888, and Delena, 1893. Rev. Archibald Hunt was appointed to Samoa, 1890, and worked in Port Moresby, from 1894 to 1902. Rev. John Holmes settled at Orokolo, Papua, in 1897, in 1904 was at the Purari Delta, Papua and settled at Urika in 1906. Rev. Benjamin Butcher arrived at Torres Straits Mission, 1905, and was appointed to Aird Hill, Papua, 1912. Rev. Harold Short, was appointed to Boku, Papua, in 1921. ...

Pomare II, King of Tahiti, 1780-1821

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