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AU PMB MS 977
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- 1846 - 1924 (Creation)
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6 reels; 35mm microfilm
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The correspondence is subdivided into seven sections, each containing several files. The files bear the numbers from MSS A100 to A706. A calendar of contents with name of author and recipient appears at the beginning of each file.<P>Reel 1: MSS A100 - A104; Jan. 28 - March 30 1885 (most in Tongan)<BR><P>Reel 2: MSS A105 - A115; Aug. 18 - Sept. 25 1885 (Tongan)<BR><P>Reel 3: MSS A115 - A123; Jan. 25 1896 - Nov. 11 1924 (most in Tongan)<BR>MSS A124; Jan. 28 1890 - July 1920 (Tongan)<BR>MSS A200 - A 207; June 5 1885 - Aug. 7 1917 (English)<BR>MSS A300; March 2 - May 8 1885 (English)<BR><P>Reel 4: MSS A301 - A313; May 9 1885 - April 8 1922 (Tongan, English)<BR>MSS A400 - A401; May 17 1885 - Aug. 4 1910<BR>MSS A500 - A504; June 10 1885 - April 27 1908 (most in English)<BR><P>Reel 5: MSS A505 - A511; May 18 1908 - Nov. 20 1912 (most in English)<BR>MSS A512; Feb. 2 1846 - Dec. 17 1886 (Tongan, English)<BR>MSS A513; 1877 - 1893 (most in Tongan)<BR>MSS A514; Dec. 25 1896 - Nov. 9 1908; 1913 (most in English)<BR>MSS A600 - A604; Sept. 15 1873 - Jan. 16 1887 (Tongan, English)<BR>MSS A700; Dec. 19 1885 - Feb. 2 1886 (Tongan)<BR>Reel 6: MSS A701 - A706; July 13 1885 - June 18 1890 (Tongan, English)<P>The seven sections are:<BR>1. From ministers, missionaries and teachers (MSS A100-A124)<BR>2. From British consul and High Commissioner, Western Pacific (MSS A200 - A207)<BR>3. From Tongan government (MSSS A300-A313)<BR>4. From European residents (MSS A400-A401)<BR>5. From Methodist Church in Australia and former missionaries to Tonga (MSS A500-A514)<BR>6. Papers of Chief Justice Maealiuaki (MSS A600-A604)<BR>7. Letters of Rev. E.E. Crosby (MSS A700-A706)
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Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga, Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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ms977