[Hawaii]: [American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions]:

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[BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONNAIRE FOR MISSIONARIES TO HAWAII AND THEIR WIVES]. A questionnaire produced by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), directed towards new missionaries to Hawaii. The Board was founded in 1810 by graduates from Williams College, and sent its first missionaries to British India in 1812. Beginning in the 1820s, the ABCFM sent twelve companies of missionaries to Hawaii, many of whom became instrumental figures in the public life of the Islands in the 19th century.The questionnaire consists of two conjugate leaves: the first contains twenty-two questions and is directed at the missionary. The second leaf is headed "For Females," and contains fifteen questions. In addition to personal questions such as nativity and educational background, missionaries are asked to provide information about when and where they were converted, licensed, and ordained, when they "first decided in favor of becoming a missionary to the heathen," what their role was in the mission ("if not an evangelist, physician, or printer"), and details of their vessel and journey. The questionnaire for females asks mostly similar questions, but omits those related to preaching and ministry in favor of questions about children and family.This form is addressed to "J.S. Emerson & Mrs. Emerson." John S. and Ursula Sophia (Newell) Emerson arrived in Hawaii in 1832 as members of the fifth company of missionaries sent by the American Board of Commissioners for For

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