Six months of a Newfoundland missionary's journal, from February to August, 1835

[1st edition]. Anglican Archdeacon of St. John's Edward Wix spent six months visiting the southern and western coasts of Newfoundland. The candid descriptions he provided of the inhabitant's lives and situations were a factor in the Church's ultimate decision to increase its religious...

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Main Author: Wix, Edward, 1802-1866
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Smith, Elder and Co. 1836
Subjects:
Church of England > Missions > Newfoundland and Labrador > 19th century
Newfoundland and Labrador > Description and travel
Newfoundland
Newfoundland studies
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/41329
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Summary:[1st edition]. Anglican Archdeacon of St. John's Edward Wix spent six months visiting the southern and western coasts of Newfoundland. The candid descriptions he provided of the inhabitant's lives and situations were a factor in the Church's ultimate decision to increase its religious presence by appointing a bishop to the island. Includes meteorological tables for January-June 1835 (p. [259]-264). (Frederick Jones, "Wix, Edward," Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 9.)

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