The Lymans of Hilo.
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TextPublication details: Hilo, Hawaii : Lyman House Memorial Museum, 1979.Edition: Revised editionDescription: 224 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- Sarah Joiner Lyman of Hawaii, her own story
- 266.023730996902Â 20
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TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection | PAC 996.911 THE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | FEAH24110137 |
"A fascinating account of life in 19th century Hawaii"--Cover.
"Part one edited by Margaret Greer Martin. Part two by Nettie Hammond Lyman, Kathryn Lyman Bond and Ethel M. Damon."
Pt. 1 published in 1970 under title: Sarah Joiner Lyman of Hawaii--her own story; pt. 2, in 1932 under title: David Belden Lyman, Sarah Joiner Lyman, 1832-1932 / Ethel M. Damon.
Part 1: On becoming a missionary -- Voyage to the Sandwich Islands -- Honolulu, 1832 -- Hilo, Hawaii, 1832 -- 1833 -- 1834 -- 1835 -- 1836 -- 1837-1839 -- 1840-1849 -- 1850-1859 -- 1860-1869 -- 1871-1879 -- 1880-1885. Appendices: Genealogy -- Early life, notes / Sarah J. Lyman -- The Great Earthquake of 1868 / Frederick S. Lyman, a son -- King Lunalilo's visit to Hilo / Emma Lyman, a daughter -- Quotation from History of Royalton -- Reminiscences of our Missionary Life / Sarah J. Lyman. Part 2: Lyman House Memorial / Ethel M. Damon -- Father and Mother Lyman / Nettie Hammond Lyman and Kathryn Lyman Bond -- Hilo Boarding School / Ethel M. Damon
Journal of Sarah Joiner Lyman who traveled on the whaling ship "Averick" bound for the Sandwich Islands as a missionary with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Hilo, on the Island of Hawaii. The book contains additional information about the Lyman family. Her record of earthquakes (1833-1861) constitutes the earliest scientific record known on the Island of Hawaii.