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946510
  • Title
    Reverend John Hunt, private journal, 7 January 1839-25 January 1848
  • Creator
  • Call number
    DLMS 206
    DLMS 207
    DLMS 208
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    7 January 1839-25 January 1848
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    946510
  • Physical Description
    3 volumes of textual material (205, 335, 234 p.) - typescript - 25 cm.
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Rev. John Hunt, 1812-1848 trained in the Methodist Theological Institute and served for the English Wesleyan Methodist Mission in Fiji from 1839 until his death there on 4 October 1848. He was Chairman of Fiji District from 1843.
  • Scope and Content
    DLMS 206
    1839-1841

    DLMS 207
    1842-1848

    Mainly concerned with his work in Fiji at Rewa, Somosomo and Viwa including preaching trips to Lakemba, Ovalau and other small islands within the group. There is also a number of sermon outlines. Some Fijian legends are outlined in volume 2.

    DLMS 208
    The Same.
    Manuscript draft of volume one only, lacking the summary of his life prior to arrival in Fiji (DLMS 206, 1-24 pp.)
  • Description source

    Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.
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