Waterhouse family papers, 1822-1878

A 2870
A 2871
B 1159
B 1160/vol. 1
B 1160/vol. 2

fonds

1822-1878

946104

5 volumes of textual material - manuscript - photocopy;

Rev. John Waterhouse (1789-1842) was appointed Superintendent of Wesleyan Missions to Australasia and Polynesia in 1838. His son, Jabez Bunting Waterhouse (1821-1891), also became a Methodist minister, preaching throughout Tasmania, South Australia and New South Wales.

References:
Library correspondence file
Australian Dictionary of Biography http://adb.anu.edu.au (accessed 10 December 2014)

A 2870
Photostat copies of letters from Rev. John Waterhouse to the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in London, posted from Hobart Town and Sydney. The letters incorporate his journal, giving an account of a voyage from April to September 1840 to New Zealand, Fiji and the Polynesian islands, with observations on the progress of missionary work, 1840-1841

A 2871
Photostat copy of Rev. John Waterhouse’s ‘Journal of a second voyage from Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land to the Polynesian islands, commenced Wednesday, October 28 1840’, 1840-1842

B 1159
Sermons by Rev. John Waterhouse, numbered, with place and date of delivery. Locations include Penzance, Manchester South, Halifax, Birmingham and London, 1822-1837; two fragments of sermons, no date
Sermon by Rev. Jabez Waterhouse, [ca. 1868-1871]
Extract from sermon signed ‘J. Wesley’, no date

B 1160/vol. 1
Notebook containing 3 manuscript lectures by Rev. Jabez Waterhouse, regarding archaeological discoveries and their corroboration of Biblical history, with original and transcribed newscuttings, 1865-1878

B 1160/vol. 2
‘The literature of the ancient Assyrians’ manuscript lecture, no date, with newscuttings relating to Assyrian archaeological discoveries, 1874-1878

The original manuscript of letters and journals of Reverend John Waterhouse are with the Methodist Missionary Society, London.

Information transferred from Short Catalogue (typed) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
Contents description enhanced December 2014