THE ARCHIVE OF LETTERS FROM METHODIST MISSIONARY MISS ANNIE ELIZABETH TOOKEY, 1860-1874, in small cotton-covered scrap book, containing photograph of a coastal settlement, watercolour of the Fiji School House where she taught, at least 44 affixed or loose autograph letters on white, pink and blue paper, mostly addressed "To my dear dear father..." being William Weightman Tookey, but also to/from other individuals, several orders for sewing accessories & cloth, money orders etc., one letter on 'Panama, New Zealand & Australia Royal Mail Company Limited' letterhead, another on 'International Royal Mail Company letterhead', one within envelope (partially missing flap), with an exercise book transcribed from the original letters by Mary Ashmore (descendant). Of interest are the photograph of Annie Tookey with baby, group photographs of the collection in the Nuneaton Museum display case, the 17 April 1860 letter written from the Wesleyan College, Westminster to Anne's aunt, the 18th March 1861 letter from the Ship Liberator detailing the outward voyage to Sydney, the 20th July 1860 letter detailing her first impressions of the missionaries in Fiji and the small island of Bau (east of Viti Levu) where she was given a plot of land by Chief Cakobau on which was built a school to teach the local women and children to read, write and sew. Also a remarkable autograph letter, rescued from the wreck of the East India Mail steamer 'Colombo' (seawater stains and missing sections), written by her pupil, Adi Asenaca Kakua Vuikaba (Asenath), daughter of Chief Seru Epenisa Cakobau (1815-1883) in Fijian, and translated approximately:"I Asenath write to you Mr Tookey (to tell) you of our land in the (...) we were darkness and know the true God but now has come to us because of the tidings of Jesus Christ, we know that (lotu) Christianity is a good thing and we rejoice to have the minister in our town, that he may tell us of our Saviour Jesus, we rejoice greatly because of this thing, and we have very good joy in having Miss Tookey in our land to teach us good things. We love her very much and always remember her every day. My letter is finished. September 4th. 1862. Bau. Fiji."Also, several notebooks written Annie Tookey's descendants, several c. 1970 newspaper cuttings & photographs relating to Annie and this collection in Nuneaton Museum, book by S. E. Scholes 'Fiji and The Friendly Isles', magazine etc.Provenance: Annie Elizabeth Tookey, Methodist Missionary c.1860-1874; lent to Borough of Nuneaton Museum & Gallery from c. 1969; thence by descent to Nottinghamshire vendor.Comments: A remarkable survival of original source material from early Methodist missionary activity in Fiji, of interest to scholars, collectors, and historians alike.