1839 JOHN WILLIAMS. Rare Autograph of Missionary Killed and Eaten by Cannibals. Very Desirable. Sermons Ralph Waldo Emerson (Author and

Ralph Waldo Emerson (Author and one of the most important anti-slavery speakers of the period

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1839 JOHN WILLIAMS. Rare Autograph of Missionary Killed and Eaten by Cannibals. Very Desirable. Sermons Ralph Waldo Emerson (Author andVery rare, preserved from an early album, cut signature of the proto martyr of the modern missionary movement, John Williams. John Williams (27 June 1796 20 November 1839) was an English missionary and important martyr figured that catalyzed the missionary movement in the early 19th century. He and his wife Mary Chawner Williams set sail for the Society Islands, including Tahiti, accompanied by William Ellis and his wife. John and Mary established