- Reference No:
- U DMS/13/11/1
- Dates:
- 1883-1906
- Description:
- File containing instructional circulars produced by the headquarters of the Mission to Seafarers and issued to port chaplains, to be kept at individual stations. Includes information relating to the following: sale of bibles and prayer books; temperance work; illuminated temperance cards; mission buildings; examination of scripture readers; instructions for chaplains; readers & boatmen; promotion of purity amongst seamen; entertainments in seamen's institutes; administration of the Lord's Supper; first aid and ambulance instruction; scripture readers; chaplains' monthly returns and readers' journals; visitation of stations by members of the committee; custody of seamen's money and effects; annual statistics; annuities for chaplains, other clerical agents and scripture readers; flying flags; religious aids on board ships; Royal Navy Reserve; cap badges; hymn books. Note that an inscription on the inside cover reads 'No.13 This Guard Book is for the permanent use & reference of the Agent at Poole Station...' and is signed 'William Dawson, Commander R.N.'.
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 file (31 pieces)
- Language:
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
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Records of the Head Office of the Mission to Seafarers (formerly known as the Missions to Seamen)
