Description
[Wesleyan Conference Office]. Wesleyan Missionary Notices, No. XII, May 15, 1857 Extra. Toronto: Wesleyan Conference Office, 1857. Near Fine in paperback. Sewn binding. Booklet containing information on mission work in Hudson’s Bay territories. Also has excerpts of letters and journals from missionaries from across Canada. This edition is No. XII and is stated as being an “Extra” publication. It contains information pertaining to the “Bay” area. Pages are numbered from 179 to 200. 5″ x 8″. contents include extracts from letters from various clergymen deep in the Canadian wilderness, including extract of letter from Rev. Thomas Herburt, Norway House, 1856 (3 pp); extracts of letter from Rev. Robert Brocking, of Oxford House (10 pages); extract from journal of Rev. Thomas Woolsey, also from ‘Edmonton and Rocky Mountains’ (10 pp) ; extracts from letter of Rev. Allen Salt, dated at Fort Frances (2 pp); and extracts from letter from Rev. James Ashquabe of Jan 20, 1847 (2 pp). Contents of letters primarily on church matters and Aboriginal peoples of these regions. Card Covers. (#535) $100.00
