Alfred Thomas Saville - Papers re Society Islands, 1853-1888

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Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

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Alfred Thomas Saville (1839-1915) was born at Birmingham. He studied at Airedale College and Highgate and was ordained on 7 Nov. 1865, at Carr's Lane Chapel. He and his wife Elizabeth (nee Marston) sailed for Huahine, Society Islands, on Jan. 29 1866 having married in Nov. 1865. Sailing via Sydney and Aneiteum their vessel, the "John Williams" was wrecked at Niue, via Samoa, on April 16 1867, where they remained until 1874. They returned to England in August of that year

The papers comprise: 1. Instruction from LMS dated 1 Jan. 1866; 2. 2 'draft' letters to Dr Mullens at LMS HQ, Sept. 1868 and Oct. 1869 from Huahine; 3. ATS's Answers to Ordination Questions, Nov. 1865; 4. ATS's diary - sundry dates in 1853 and 1854; 5. Diary - 27 July - 23 September 1859; 6. Diary - 24 September 1859 - 17 June 1862; 7. Diary - 7 April 1871 - 31 July 1972; 8. 1 August 1872 - 4 April 1874; 9. Diary -Sundry dates 14 June 1874-29 Feb. 1888

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1024
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Copyright remains with M.V. Saville, Sulug, Seatons Land, Winchelsea Beach, East Sussex, TN36 ALW UK