Missionaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Hilliard Family Letters
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 00072
Content Description
About 80 letters and a small diary of the family of Pastor Edward Hilliard, missionaries to the Tonga in the South Pacific, Melbourne, Australia, Tazmania, and Bangalore, India. The Hilliards were the first Seventh Day Adventist missionaries to the island of Tongo in 1895. Edward and his wife built a home and established a school while there. They also brought two Tongan boys into their home to train them to become future missionaries. The letters focus on the teaching the family does as...
Dates:
1882 - 1937
Found in:
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