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Missionary Reflections on Island Settlement and Growth
A letter discusses the challenges of settling a distant island for missionary work. It weighs colonization risks to native liberty and property, urges careful screening of arriving workers, notes current living arrangements, worship routines, field labor, and crop efforts. It also describes journal activity, language barriers, and internal harmony amid past separations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otuheite
New South Wales
Eyre
Jefferson
Nott
Henry
Bicknell
Royal Admiral