1859 JOHN COLERIDGE PATTESON. Rare Autograph of Missionary Martyr to South Sea Islands Reformation Darragh and A

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1859 JOHN COLERIDGE PATTESON. Rare Autograph of Missionary Martyr to South Sea Islands Reformation Darragh and AJohn Coleridge Patteson [1827 1891], known across the Victorian missionary world as, "Bishop Patteson," was one of those archetypal missionaries. Along with David Livingstone, Robert Moffat, and a few select others, his name appears on countless Victorian biographies, collections of missionary biographies, etc. And for good reason. Sent as a missionary with the Church Missionary Society to the South Sea Islands, he learned over 20 languages and was