1896-1905, English, Unpublished edition: Letter books, [microform]. Leggatt, T. Watt.

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  • 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Published
  • 1896-1905.
Language
  • English

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Title
  • Letter books, 1896-1905 [microform].
Also Titled
  • New Hebrides letter-books, 1896-1905
Creator
  • Leggatt, T. Watt.
Other Creators
  • Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau
Published
  • 1896-1905.
Physical Description
  • 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Series
Subjects
Time Period
  • 1896-1905
Summary
  • Press-copy letter-book, May-Nov 1896, Ms., ff. 1-69, indexed. Written from Aulua Mission, Malekula, New Hebrides. Infomative, detailed letters including, ethnogaphic observations on the people of Malekula, the number of their languages; Report of the Amy Gertrude Russel Mission Station, Aulua, Malekula, New Hebrides, year ending August 13th 1896; cover note addressed to Rev Leggatt,s father for a cask of 192lbs of arrowroot together with a 50lb bag of raw coffee being shipped to Melbourne; and letters to TWL's brother Andrew, Mr Watson, Mr Langridge, Mr Paton, Dr and Mrs Annand, Mrs Scott, Mr Rolland, Mr Baker and Mrs C.B. Anderson.
  • Press-copy letter-book, Sep 1897-Oct 1905, Ms., ff.1, 9-165, indexed. Also written from the Aulua Mission, Malekula, New Hebrides. Includes letters to Mr Hardie, Convenor, Foreign Mission Cmte, Presbyterian Church of Victoria; also correspondence with the Western Pacific High Commission; letters passing on mission news to Mr Langridge, Mrs Tomkins, Miss Sutton, Mr Johnstone, Dr Cook and others, including Dr Geo Smith of Edinburgh with news that the French on the South coast were not driving out Rev TWL's teachers; and an order for supplies. This letter-book includes a list of teachers in the Aulua District, Malekula, stating their names, location, salary and supporters (1899), and reports on indigenous teachers supported by the Presbyterian Church of Victoria or by the John G. Paton Fund studying at the Teachers Training Institute.There are also letters to the teachers and scholars at Presbyterian Sabbath Schools in Melbourne (Kensington, Kew, Malvern, Toorak, South Yarra) including reports on teachers and students supported by the various Sabbath Schools.
Biography
  • Rev. T. Watt Leggatt served as a Presbyterian missionary on Malekula, New Hebrides, for about a quarter of a century from 1887.
Notes
  • See also Rev. T. Watt Leggatt's diaries, 1901-1908, at PMB 86 and his newspaper clippings relating to the New Hebrides, 1891-1905, at PMB 87.
  • Microfilm. Canberra, A.C.T. : Produced for the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University. 1 reel.
  • Mr Andrew Petitt, Suite 1, 6 Hamilton Place, Mt Waverley Victoria 3149, Australia.
Numbering Note
  • Printed reel list available and on the Internet through http:/​/​rspas.anu.edu/​pambu
Access Conditions
  • Available for reference.
Language
  • English
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