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- 1837 (Creation)
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4 ff. ; c. 235 x 190 mm.
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Maggs Bros Ltd; London; Purchase; November 1956
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A letter, 26 May 1837, from the Rev. John Williams, missionary, to [Henry John Temple,] Lord Palmerston, the then Foreign Secretary, sending him a copy (not present) of his book A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands (London, 1837) (ff. 1-2); together with a copy letter, in his own hand, of Lord Palmerston's reply, 22 August 1837 (ff. 3-4).
Williams discusses his forthcoming return to the South Pacific Ocean (ff. 1 verso-2); he was killed by cannibals on Erromango, Vanuatu, in November 1839.
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Arranged chronologically at NLW.
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English.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 16610C.
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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October 2006 and February 2015.
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- English
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Description compiled by Bethan Ifans, and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;