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For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited. ROSE POOL; Fisher; 1860-63; Indian Ocean MARTHA; Smith; 1845-48; Pacific MORNING LIGHT; Luce; 1859-62; Pacific CLARICE; Clark; 1838-41; Pacific POCAHONTAS; Smith; 1840-43; Pacific ROSARIO; Coffin; 1894-95; Pacific CERES; Adams; 1845-49; Pacific ENTERPRISE; Swain; 1850-54; Pacific Of special interest on this reel (CERES; 1845-49) Vessel wrecked; account continues of life in the boats after wreck, landing at island off New Guinea and rescue.

Rev. Thomas Jaggar was a Wesleyan Missionary in Fiji from 1839 till 1843. He lived at Rewa during a very significant time in Fiji’s post-contact history, including the years when the protracted war between Rewa and Bau broke out in 1842. He was probably the only European living among the Rewa people between 1839 and 1843, who kept a detailed record of events. He understood the language and he was in frequent communication with the chiefs.

<LI>Journal, 1838-1843 Frame Nos.1-241</LI>
<LI>Private [spiritual] journal, 1845 Frame Nos. 242-319</LI>
<LI>Letters to Thomas Jagger, 1838-1846 Frame Nos.320-351</LI>

One of the most valuable original items in the Methodist Church archives held in the Fiji National Archives is the diary of Rev. Thomas Jaggar, commencing when he arrived at Lakeba on 22 December 1838 and continuing on to his residence at Rewa from 12 July 1839 to the abrupt concluding entry on 26 March 1843.

Jaggar’s great great granddaughter, Esther Keesing-Styles, together with her son William, edited and published the diary in 1988 [ Unto the Perfect Day: The Journal of Thomas James Jaggar, 1838-1845, Auckland, Solent Publishing 1988]. Keesing-Styles included with the Rewa diary a second private and mainly spiritual diary of Thomas Jaggar, kept from 30 April to 30 September 1845; this diary had not been part of the original Methodist Collection but has now been added to it together with a folder of letters written to Jaggar between 1838 and 1846.

(From Andrew Thornley’s report, Pambu, Vol.5, No.12, May 2001.)

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited. WM. THOMPSON; Weeks; 1838; Pacific WM. THOMPSON; Doane; 1839-42; Pacific WM. THOMPSON; Ellis; 1842-46; Pacific WM. THOMPSON; Ellis; 1846-48; Pacific WINSLOW; Eldredge; 1852-55; Atlantic WILLIAM C. NYE; Adams/Sowle; 1851-56; North Pacific WILLIAM C. NYE; Adams; 1851-56; North Pacific WASHINGTON; Holley; 1853-54; North Pacific

A catalogue of the ethnographic items collected by the United States Exploring Expedition to the Pacific (1838-42) led by Commodore Charles Wilkes. The Expedition visited the Tuamotu Islands, Tahiti (in French Polynesia), Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Lord Howe Island, Australia, New Zealand/Aotearoa, Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), Marshall Islands, and Hawaii. The catalogue was prepared in 1846 by Titian Ramsay Peale, an artist-naturalist with the Expedition. A typescript version, prepared by the PMB, follows the original document on the microfilm. See also the Bureau's newsletter, Pambu, October-December 1971:25, pp. 4-7 and PMB MS 89 and MS 146.

The Rev. Joseph Johnston (1814-1892) left England for Tahiti as a missionary of the London Missionary Society in the ship 'Camden' in April 1838. He reached Tahiti in the following March, and served there until late 1849. In Tahiti he married Miss Harriet Platt, daughter of the Rev. George Platt. After his return to England in May 1850, he went to Fremantle, Western Australia, as a Congregational minister. He died there in 1892.

The microfilm contains the following documents:

• Diary kept in the Camden en route to Tahiti, 26 April-28 October 1838.
• A history and impression of Tahiti, with a narrative of the voyage in the Camden, 1838.
• Diaries kept in Tahiti, 8 November -14 December 1838; 28 May-6 November 1839; and 6 January-30 December 1840.
• Diary kept in the Camden during a tour of LMS mission stations in the Pacific, 16 March-19 July 1842.
• Diaries kept in Tahiti 2 March-26 March and 11 April-26 May 1839.
• Diaries kept in Tahiti, on return voyage to England, on voyage to Western Australia, and in Western Australia, July 1844-August 1852.
• Diaries kept in England, on voyage to Western Australia and in Fremantle, 1852-55, 1864-68, 1869-71.
• Letter from Johnston to Mr Gallop, dated Fremantle, 25 December 1884.
• Reminiscences of Mrs S.F. Moore (nee Eliza Mary Johnston), Johnston's daughter.

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited. CONGRESS; Mendall; 1849-51; Indian Ocean CORA; Shearman; 1839-41; Pacific CORA; Baker; 1841-43; Pacific LA GRANGE; Gracie; 1844-45; Pacific CORINTHIAN; Lewis; 1866-68; Pacific THOMAS DICKASON; Lewis; 1869-71; Pacific CORINTHIAN; 1839; Accounts CORINTHIAN; Rogers; 1856-58; Indian Ocean CORNELIA; Devol; 1848-50; Indian Ocean GLOBE; Handy; 1850-55; Pacific CORNELIA; Poole; 1866-68; CORNELIA; Baker; 1868-69; CORNELIUS HOWLAND; Homan; 1863-67; Pacific CORNELIUS HOWLAND; Homan; 1867-70; Pacific * - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean.

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For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Account Books (Ships): ALICE MANDELL; 1853-54 ALMIRA; 1851 ALMIRA; 1851-54 BEVIS; 1856-57 CONSTITUTION; 1843-44 EDWARD; 1860-64 JOHN ADAMS; 1839-40 MARY FRAZIER; 1871 VARIOUS SHIPS; 1850-51

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited. AMAZON; Smith; 1839-41; Indian Ocean PHOENIX; McCleave; 1847-51; Pacific ORRAY TAFT; Parker; 1872-73; ? MERLIN; Allen; 1868-72; Indian Ocean Allen, Harriet B.; Diary, Vols 1 and 2 Diary of an unidentified person Allen, Helen C.; Diary, Vols 1, 2 and 3 Bradford, Helen C. Allen; memoir of voyage in MERLIN Bradford, Helen C. Allen; 'When I went A-Whaling'

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited. ALFRED GIBBS; Nichols; 1859-64; Pacific ALFRED GIBBS; Jennings; 1865-69; Pacific MARY AND SUSAN; Jennings; 1877-81; Pacific ALFRED GIBBS; Jennings; 1870-73; Pacific MORNING STAR; Allen; 1868-72; ALMIRA; Smith; 1858-61; Indian Ocean ALMIRA; Osborn; 1864-68; Pacific ALMIRA; ?; 1867; (Accounts) Pacific ALMIRA; ?; 1869-70; (Accounts) Pacific CLARICE; ?; 1871-75; (Accounts) ALMIRA; Marchant; 1858-61; Indian Ocean ALTO; Snell; 1854-57; Indian Ocean AMAZON; Smith; 1839-41; Indian Ocean AMERICA; Chase; 1849; Pacific MARCELLA; Chase; 1865-67; AMERICA; Seabury; 1861; - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean.

Please refer to the full entry in PMB 200

For indexes see American Whalers and Traders in the Pacific, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1978 and Where the Whalers Went, Robert Langdon, ed., Canberra, 1984. Information is provided in the following format: Name of ship (in upper case); Name of Captain/Logkeeper; Date of voyage; Area or places visited. JULIAN; No text, page headings only; Pacific OHIO; Flanders; 1863-64; Indian Ocean CANTON; Allen; 1850-51; Indian Ocean COHANNET; Braley; 1872/1873; Atlantic W. WILSON; Braley; 1874; North Atlantic W. WILSON; Braley; 1874-75; North Atlantic HECLA; Crapo; 1844-45; Indian Ocean AMAZON; Smith; 1839-41; Pacific (UNIDENTIFIED); Coffin; May 1842; Indian Ocean (Fragment) MONTEZUMA; Baker; 1843; Pacific (Fragment) FANNY; Fordham; 1843; Pacific (Fragment) MARCUS; Holmes; 1846; South Pacific HERCULEAN; Holmes; 1851; Atlantic DARTMOUTH; ?; 1840-43; Pacific