University of Otago Library Letter: John King to Reverend Daniel Wilson, 15 February 1815 John King Author Reverend Daniel Wilson Receiver Sir William Bensley The ship that returned the reply text Letter Bay of Islands, New Zealand 15 February 1815 22 January 1816 5 September 1816 Notes about where the letter was created: Rangihoua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand eng text/html 238 x 230 mm 2 leaves 4 pages reformatted digital Letter was sent to London, England Notes about the destination address: 31 Milk Street, Cheape-Side, London Hocken Collections' Title: John King to Rev. Daniel Wilson Feby 1815 New Zealand -41.244772,174.675751 Sir England 52.456009,-1.189957 Mr Missions Mission Diseases Illness Williams Novr Life Life August 1813 Port Jackson -36.61458,175.44906 Hall Bay Of Islands -35.17886,174.169586 Dueaterra Health Health Dwellings House Sunday Clothing and dress Clothing Fire Fire Marsden Nicklass Heathens Dueterra Sermons Sermon Purchasing Purchase Governor Children Children Hope Hope Jerusalem 31.770791,35.213821 God God Wilson Zion Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0054_084 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0054_084_001 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0054_084_002 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0054_084_003 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0054_084_004 MS_0054_084 Trimble 84 CMS Number 70 The manuscript images, transcripts and metadata displayed on the Marsden Online Archive site are governed by a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 New Zealand (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ) copyright agreement (available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/). 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University of Otago Library 2015-06-11T08:59:28+12:00 machine generated eng Letter: John King to Reverend Daniel Wilson, 15 February 1815 John King University of Otago Library Digitised from the Hocken Library Collection Number MS-0054/084 Trimble 84 CMS Number 70 Digitised by the Marsden Online Archive Library of Congress Subject Headings Letter Maori Subject Headings Reverend Daniel Wilson 15 February 1815 Bay of Islands, New Zealand Sir William Bensley London, England 22 January 1816 British English Missions Diseases Life Health Dwellings Clothing and dress Fire Sermons Purchasing Children Hope God Feby 1815 New zealand England Mission Illness Williams Novr Life August 1813 Port jackson Hall Bay of islands Dueaterra Health House Sunday Clothing Fire Marsden Nicklass Heathens Dueterra Sermon Purchase Children Hope Jerusalem God Wilson Zion Feby 15. 1815, New Zealand Revd Sir, A long time has elapsed since I have sent you any account of my self, or the great Work I engaged in When in England, having no profitable News to send, What ever blame Mr M[arsden] may think proper to lay upon me on account of the Mission or any thing else he is welcome so to do, I do not conceive why he should, as I have been too much at his call, and too redy ready to obey, if he don’t don't know, I does to my sorrow, I was recovering from a severe Illness when I received your kind Letter also Mr William’s if I mistake not, Novr 10,1812 I changed a single life to a married state In August 28 1813 Mrs King was put to bed with a son at this season she is expects to be put to bed every Day. As soon as Mr Kendle Kendall & his Family came into port Jackson the thought of N.Z. was stured up in our Minds, & in a short time Mr Hall & Kendle Kendall went to the Bay of Islands to see and Hear and learn all they could of the natives they brought back Dueaterra and two more Chiefs with them with an intention to go with their Familys families to settle at the Bay of Islands, I was called upon to go with them, after three weeks voyage (in which I & my wife and child were very sick) we arrived at this Port and are in good health, but our House or Hut was made with flags it by the Natives it has no Chimney in it it will neither keep wind nor Rain out, we have no window in it. Mr M[arsden] gave orders to have it made he says it is very comfortable indeed it will do very well, This is a f very wet Day it has been so for this three Days on Sunday last Feby 12 it rain’d very much the watter water came through upon our wheat rice bet clothing &c the watter water was half over my shoes in our bed room from the wetness of the durt dirt floor as our hut is on low flat ground our clothing is dampt damp tho we do all we can to keep them dry we have no fire to dry them when it rains, as our fire is out of doors for my own part I am in good health, but it is uncomfortable indeed for my fife and Child in the state she is in, it will be a great blessing indeed if it does not make her suffer exceedingly as She has taken a severe cold allredy . We expect to have a good House before long but I fear not before winter. Mr Marsden Mr Nicklass Mr Kendle Kendall are a writing Dayly. daily They will give a description of the Island the people their beheaviour behaviour and all that has passed since we embarked for New Zealand they will give a better account to the Society than I am able to give and I doubt but you will have the satisfaction to see it. The Natives beheave to us as well as can be expected considering the state they are in, they are in a most deplorable wreched wretched Missarable miserable and pitiable condition as ever Heathens was I think, they know not who made them, nor who made their country or any thing, that is in th it or the Sea that surrounds it, The first sunday that Mr M[arsden] preached on shore Dueterra made him a Pulpit after sermon Mr M. asked him to explain it to the Natives that ware present but his answer was they know nothing about it now l by and by they will on another Day when Mr M[arsden] was trying to purchase some ground to build our Houses upon Most of the Natives belonging to this place was present he wished Dueaterra to explain for him and tell them what we came for who sent us how they ought to beheave to us what they might expect if they beheaved behaved if good or bad to us, if well they should have plenty of axes &c &c, if bad the Governor would send plenty of Soldiers and kill them all, Dueterra’s answer was they know nothing about it now by and by they know, at a nother time Mr M[arsden] told him that Mr Kendle Kendall would teach the Children to read and write and he you must send them, by and by, I make Farms first grow plenty of Wheat and corn &c &c, and then teach the Children by & by they like it very well, know nothing about it yet, I hope these few lines will find you in health of body and prosperity of Soul enjoying all the blessings of old England and all the blessings of the new Jerusalem, and be at last filled with all the fulness fullness of God is the sincere prayer of your most unworthy Friend now and ever, please to give my sincere & humble thanks to Mr Wilson Esqr esquire for his kindness in forwarding my Fathers letters to me, having no other way of speaking to them but by Letters, My sincere respects to all that are [near] and Dear, and to all that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity and pray for the prosperity of Zion. Bretherin brethren pray for us, that the [Gospel] may have free course and be glorified even [?as it] is with you, and to him that is able to keep us be Glory for ever Amen, So I rest— Revd Sir, Your Most Unworthy Servant John King Hocken Archive Reference Number MS-0054/084 31MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 82f81014ec49b47725608b5c22677ae4 ACEMC 3306 3372 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0054/084 230 mm 238 mm 2014:05:15 14:45:44.88 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit digital still camera Canon Canon EOS 6D 11.0 1 Manual 0220 1 11.0 6.9 1.4 Multi-segment tungsten flash did not fire 50.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 69.6 mm) 0 Subject is illuminated from the front side. Auto Focus Used Normal Digitised as part of the Mining Marsden Project in 2013/2014 8, 8, 8 integer 3 2014:05:19 11:15:20 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit Processing actions undertaken to: prepare the image for online digital use and maintain the integrity of the image. 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The manuscript images, transcripts and metadata displayed on the Marsden Online Archive site are governed by a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 New Zealand (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ) copyright agreement (available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/). Please contact the Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand for more information. Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. hocken@otago.ac.nz Hocken Archive Reference Number MS-0054/084 31MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 4a6f8038c3718671c05454dddb61ef99 ACEMC 3324 3348 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0054/084 230 mm 238 mm 2014:05:15 14:43:56.13 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit digital still camera Canon Canon EOS 6D 11.0 1 Manual 0220 1 11.0 6.9 1.4 Multi-segment tungsten flash did not fire 50.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 69.7 mm) 0 Subject is illuminated from the front side. 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Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. hocken@otago.ac.nz Hocken Archive Reference Number MS-0054/084 31MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 65eed25bf5a2a394088770badbc40a91 ACEMC 3264 3366 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0054/084 230 mm 238 mm 2014:05:15 14:45:55.64 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit digital still camera Canon Canon EOS 6D 11.0 1 Manual 0220 1 11.0 6.9 1.4 Multi-segment tungsten flash did not fire 50.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 70.1 mm) 0 Subject is illuminated from the front side. Auto Focus Used Normal Digitised as part of the Mining Marsden Project in 2013/2014 8, 8, 8 integer 3 2014:05:19 11:15:32 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit Processing actions undertaken to: prepare the image for online digital use and maintain the integrity of the image. Adobe Photoshop CS6 Windows 7 Cropped item to remove excess border and straightened the image. 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