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Primary Works

John Williams [1796-1839], A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands: with Remarks Upon the Natural History of the Islands, Origin, Languages, Traditions and Usages of the Inhabitants. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1888. pp.416. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]

Secondary Works

	John Campbell [1794-1867], The Martyr of Erromanga, or, The Philosophy of Missions: illustrated from the labours, death, and character of the late Rev. John Williams. London: John Snow, 1842. Hbk. pp.478. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Augustus Henry Cullen [1861-1918], Blazing the Trail. Some L.M.S. Pioneers of 1816. London: London Missionary Society, 1916. Hbk. pp.192. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	James Joseph Ellis [1853-1924?], John Williams. The Martyr Missionary of Polynesia. London: S.W. Partridge & Co., n.d. Hbk. pp.160. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Esthme Ethelind Enock [1874-1947], Twelve Mighty Missionaries. London: Pickering & Inglis, Ltd., 1936. Hbk. pp.45-51. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Niel Gunson, "John WIlliams and His Ship," David Paul Crook, eds., Questioning the Past: a selection of papers in history and government. St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, 1972. ISBN-13: 978-0702206085.
	John Gutch [1905- ], Beyond the reefs: the life of John Williams, missionary. London: MacDonald & Janes, 1974. Hbk. ISBN-13: 978-0356080185. pp.192.
	Donald E. MacInnis, "Williams, John," Gerald H. Anderson, ed., Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids, MI: Cambridge, UK: Eerdmans, 1988. Pbk. ISBN: 0802846807. p.736.
	Douglas McConnell, "Williams, John," A. Scott Moreau, ed., Evangelical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000. Hbk. ISBN: 0801020743. pp.1016-1017.
	Basil Mathews [1879-1951], John Williams the Shipbuilder. London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1915. pp.298. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Basil Mathews [1879-1951], The Ships of Peace. Westminster: London Missionary Society, 1930. Pbk. pp.142. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Cecil Northcott, John Williams Sails On. London : Hodder & Stoughton 1939, revised edn. London: Livingstone Press, 1948.
	William Pakenham Walsh [1820–1902], Modern Heroes of the Mission Field. New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1800. pp.143-168. [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Emma Raymond Pitman [b.1841], Heroines of the Mission field: Biographical sketches of female missionaries who have laboured in various lands among the heathen. London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., n.d. Hbk. pp.121-139. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Ebenezer Prout, Memoirs of the Life of the Rev. John Williams, Missionary to Polynesia. New York: M.W. Dodd / Andover: Allen, Morrell & Wardwell, 1843. pp.416.
	Hugh A. Robertson, Erromanaga. The Martyr Isle. New York: A.C. Armstrong & Son, 1902. Hbk. pp.467.
	Peter Taylor, "John Williams, Apostle to Polynesia (1796–1839)," Congregational Studies Conference Papers 2005. Beverley: Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches, 2005. pp.7-24. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	Ruth A. Tucker, From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions, 2nd edn. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004. Hbk. ISBN-13: 978-0310239376. pp.219-224.
	William Pakenham Walsh [1820-1902], Modern Heroes of the Mission Field. New York: T. Whittaker, 1882. Hbk. pp.344. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]