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[Fragments relating to the Nain Mission in Labrador from 1776-1778]

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Date:

15 October 1776-31 August 1778

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MG17-D1, Volume number: 1, File number: 44-14a

File no. (creator):

44-14a

Type of material:

Textual material

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Item ID number:

5395333

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[Fragments relating to the Nain Mission in Labrador from 1776-1778]
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Date(s):

15 October 1776-31 August 1778

Place:

Nain and Hopedale (Newfoundland and Labrador)

Place of creation:

Newfoundland and Labrador

Extent:

148 p. of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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File is a collection of transcripts of journal entries documenting the Moravian missions in Nunatsiavut (Labrador). Journal entries included in this file are a continuation from the previous file and are as follows: Pages 326-407 - "The Last diary from Labrador goes from Oct. 15, 1776 to Aug. 19,1777 from Nain." ; Pages 408-416 - "Account of Sr. John Schneider, Lister & Steph: Jensen's Voyage from Nain to Arvertok and Sack again from the 2nd to the 23rd July 1777." ; Pages 417-434 - "Diary of the Mission and Congregation at Nain from Aug. 20 [1777] to end of the year." ; Pages 435-474 - "Diary of the Mission & Congregation at Nain" [January 5-August 31, 1778]. Missionaries mentioned in the journal include: John Schneider, Stephen Jensen, Andersen, Rhodes, and Lister. Many of the Inuit mentioned in this journal were also in the journals from 1770 and 1773-1776.
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Associated name: Mikak, approximately 1740-1795

Author: Haven, Jens, 1724-1796

Sponsor: Trust Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel

Moravian Church. Nain Mission (Labrador)
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MSS0339

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General note:

Avertok is now known as Hopedale, after being renamed by the Moravians around 1782.
The Inuit of these communities were relocated to Nain and Hopedale in 1956 and 1959 by the Newfoundland Government.

Source of title:

Title assigned by Library and Archives Canada.

Location of originals note:

Transcripts copied from the original documents housed at the Archives of the British Province of the Moravian Church in London, UK.

Link to related resource:

The Moravians in Labrador. Printed, by J. Ritchie, sold by W. Whyte & Company, 1833 : https://books.google.ca/books?id=MGFBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=false
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Nain (Labrador)

Moravians - Labrador

Inuit - Missions

Nunatsiavut
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Private

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MG17-D1
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