Please see PMB 520 for full entry.

Minute Books of Executive Committee 1903 - 1905, 1920 - 1933

Jane Hyde Molen was the wife of a missionary of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, who accompanied her husband, Simpson Molen, on a mission to the Hawaiian Islands. They were stationed at Laie, Oahu.

The diary gives a day-by-day account of Jane's life from her departure from Salt Lake City to 12 February 1877, her birthday, which was spent at Laie.

Bishop Wilson (1860-1941) was born in London. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he obtained his BA degree in 1883 and MA in 1886. He was ordained deacon in 1886 and priest in 1887. He was curate of Portsea, Portsmouth, from 1886 to 1891 and vicar of Moordown, Bournemouth, from 1891 to 1894. In the latter year he was appointed Bishop of Melanesia which post he held until 1911, when he was transferred to South Australia. He became Bishop of Bunbury, Western Australia, in 1917. An account by him of his work as Bishop of Melanesia appeared under the title of <I>The Wake of the Southern Cross</I> (London, 1932).

An account of the diarist's work as Bishop of Melanesia. Some of the material was used in The Wake of the Southern Cross. NOTE: No diary was available for microfilming for the period 2 November 1903 - 17 September 1904.<BR>Reel 1: April 20 1894 - September 24 1901<BR>Reel 2: September 25 1901 - September 26 1911; March 15 - October 7 1912 and entries for May, October and November, 1913. Followed by newspaper clippings from The Times Weekly, May 12, 1927 and miscellaneous notes.

Manby (c.1766-1834) was a member of the expedition to the Pacific Ocean commanded by Capt. George Vancouver. He left England as master's mate and returned as acting lieutenant. He made a voyage to the Arctic in 1808 and lived the rest of his life in his native Norfolk. He was promoted to the rank of rear-admiral in 1825.

The journal gives an account of the Vancouver expedition, which left England on 1 April 1791 and reached Australia by way of the Cape of Good Hope. After surveying part of the Western Australian coast, the Discovery and Chatham sailed for New Zealand and then Tahiti. The island of Rapa was discovered on 22 December 1791. From Tahiti the two ships sailed for Hawaii and then to the north-west coast of America. They visited Hawaii a second time early in 1793. The journal ends about 16 months before the Vancouver expedition returned to England.

Wolfe was a mate of the <I>Blossom</I>. He is said to have been particularly industrious in drawing charts and working in the observatory when it was erected on shore.

An account of the voyage of <I>HMS Blossom</I> (Capt. F.W. Beechey) which left England in May 1825 to go to Behring Strait to relieve two British expeditions that were searching for the North-West Passage. On the way, Beechey was instructed to explore such parts of the Pacific as were within his reach. After rounding Cape Horn, the <I>Blossom</I> called at Easter Island and Pitcairn Island before making an extensive survey of the Tuamotu Archipelago. The ship then spent a month in Tahiti before sailing for the Hawaiian Islands. A second call was made at Hawaii in January 1827 following a voyage to Arctic waters. The <I>Blossom</I> returned to England via Cape Horn in October 1828.

Simpson Montgomery Molen (1832-1900) was born in Jacksonville, Illinois. His family moved to Camp Creek, near Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1845. After the Latter Day Saints prophet Joseph Smith was murdered in the following year, the Molen family left for Salt Lake City. In 1854, when he was 22, Molen left on a mission to the Hawaiian Islands and stayed there for four years. In the spring of 1876 he went on a second mission to Hawaii, accompanied by his wife, Jane Hyde Molen. This mission lasted three years and three months. his wife's diary, covering the period 18 May 1876 - 12 February 1877, has been microfilmed as PMB 527

The diary describes part of Molen's first mission to the Hawaiian Islands. It is followed by an account of his life copied from Vol.IV of Orson F. Whitney's History of Utah.

Correspondence relating to mission management, particularly to financial matters. See also PMB 554 for letterbook of 1924-31.

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. SOUTH CAROLINA; Perry; 1835-37; Continued from reel PMB 541 SWALLOW; McInnes; 1883-87; Pacific VALKYRIA; Joseph; 1917-18; YOUNG PHOENIX; Cathcart; 1831-33; Pacific CHIEFTAN; ?; 1836;? BELVEDERE; ?; 1836-37;? HEREFORDSHIRE; ?; 1818-20; Indian Ocean MEDORA; ?; 1844; ? AMERICAN COASTING SCHOONERS and lighthouse oil supply vessels, Miscellaneous Logs - Sailed to areas other than Pacific or Indian Ocean, see indexes for details.

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. HOBOMOK; ?; 1840-44; Pacific

The United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Commodore Charles Wilkes, made an extensive survey of many Pacific island groups. After rounding Cape Horn in March 1839, the expedition visited the Tuamotu Archipelago, Society Islands, Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand, Fiji, Hawaii, and the Phoenix, Tokelau, Gilbert and Ellice (now Tuvalu) Islands. The expedition returned to the United States via the Cape of Good Hope in June 1842.

There are three sets of documents:<BR><BR>1. A narrative of the expedition by George M. Colvocoresses, a lieutentant.<BR>2. Sketchbooks made by George F. Emmons, 1839-41, an officer of the <I>Peacock</I><BR>3. Sketchbooks made by Henry Eld, Jr., 1838-42