The First Report of the Hawaiian Missionary Society, Presented by the Board of Directors at the Anniversary Meeting, May 25, 1852.
Honolulu: American Mission Press, 1852-1863.
[With:] 9 additional Reports of the Hawaiian Missionary Society, being the Second Report and the Fifth through Twelfth Reports. 10 vols. 8vo. Original wrappers or self-wrappers Forbes 1877 (First Report). Item #332951
The Hawaiian Missionary Society aimed to send missionaries from Hawaii to other Pacific islands. "The first annual report states that preparations were being made to send two missionaries, Rev. Mr. Snow and Rev. Luther H. Gulick, and their wives to Micronesia. A list of contributions made to the society shows the extraordinary generosity of native Hawaiian churches to this object ... From this date the annual reports include excerpts from letters of the missionaries both in Micronesia and in the Marquesas. Twelve annual reports were published between 1852 and 1863 ... The first three were printed at the American Mission Press; the fifth at the Polynesian office; and the remainder by the press of H.M. Whitney, or the Pacific Commercial Press. This is an important source of information about missionary work by native Hawaiian missionaries in Micronesia, the Marquesas and other parts of the Pacific" (Forbes)
This group comprises the following:
First Report. Honolulu: American Mission Press, 1852. 12pp. Green wrappers.
Second Report. Honolulu: American Mission Press, 1853. 19pp. Unopened. Tan wrappers.
Fifth Report. [Honolulu]: Printed at the Polynesian Office, 1856. 24pp. Uncut and unopened. Stitched self-wrappers.
Sixth Report. Honolulu: Press of H.M. Whitney, 1857. 24pp. Stitched self-wrappers.
Seventh Report. Honolulu: Commercial Advertiser Print, 1858. 24pp. Stitched self-wrappers.
Eighth Report. Honolulu: Commercial Advertiser Print, 1859. 16pp. Stitched self-wrappers.
Ninth Report. Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney, 1860. 35pp. Stitched self-wrappers.
Tenth Report. Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney, 1861. 23pp. Stitched self-wrappers.
Eleventh Report. Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney, 1862. 24pp. Stitched self-wrappers.
Twelfth Report. Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney, 1863. 12pp. Stitched self-wrappers.
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