AN ACCOUNT OF THE LOSS OF THE WESLEYAN MISSIONARIES, MESSRS. WHITE, HILLIER, TRUSCOTT, OKE, AND JONES, WITH MRS. WHITE AND MRS. TRUSCOTT, AND THEIR CHILDREN AND SERVANTS, IN THE MARIA MAILBOAT, OFF THE ISLAND OF ANTIGUA, IN THE WEST INDIES, FEBRUARY 28, 1826. BY MRS. JONES, THE ONLY SURVIVOR ON THAT MOURNFUL OCCASION. FROM THE FIFTH LONDON EDITION.
New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, For the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1837. 23, [1 blank] pp. Disbound with light but persistent spotting. Good+.
The sinking of the ship Maria on a voyage between St. Kitts and Antigua, and the tragic loss of life suffered by these martyrs to the faith. "Consists of extracts from the journal of Mr. Hyde, a missionary of Montserrat, who had also been at the meeting and with whom the party had spent some days before embarking for home, and Mrs. Jones's personal narrative." Ragatz. Written in the form of a daily diary, it went through many printings.
AI 42665 [2]. Ragatz 356 [London 1826]. Item #27053
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