Missionary Fact of the Day
Feb. 15th, 2005 01:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neadodsThe second mission had a single woman on it, Betsy Stockton. Turns out she was a former slave. During her 3 years in Hawaii, she founded a school for farmers, so she was accepted as a proficient teacher.
ETA: I can't use this because it's an undated clip from a diary, but this quote amused me. From the Chamberlain diary of the trip to Hawaii:
When it is calm almost all hands frequently go in swimming; we experience no inconvenience in it, only the women are afraid the sharks will catch their husbands.
ETA: I can't use this because it's an undated clip from a diary, but this quote amused me. From the Chamberlain diary of the trip to Hawaii:
When it is calm almost all hands frequently go in swimming; we experience no inconvenience in it, only the women are afraid the sharks will catch their husbands.
