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Title: Memoirs of the Rev. Samuel Munson, and the Rev. Henry Lyman, Late Missionaries to the Indian Archipelago, with the Journal of Their Exploring Tour. Author: Thompson, Wm. Place: New York Publisher: D. Appleton & Co. Date: 1843 Description: 196, +4 ad pp. (12mo) modern cloth-backed boards, a portion of the original front wrapper bound in. Early edition. First published in 1839 but scarce in all editions. Munson and Lyman were American Baptist missionaries to Sumatra, who, on a tour of observation and inquiry among the islands of the Indian Archipelago, were attacked by party of Battak cannibals and murdered; Mr. Munson being run through the body with a spear. Lot Amendments Condition: Ex-library from Washington and Jefferson College, with their stamp title page and half title, several other library markings; foxing; good. Item number: 234645