University of Otago Library Letter: Reverend Josiah Pratt to Reverend Thomas Kendall, 16 August 1815 Reverend Josiah Pratt Author Reverend Thomas Kendall Receiver The Ocean The ship that sent the letter text Letter London, England 16 August 1815 01 August 1815 Notes about where the letter was created: London, England eng text/html 320 x 200 mm 2 leaves 4 pages reformatted digital Hocken Collections' Title: CMS Secretary to Thomas Kendall (Copy) Annotations: Sent by Rev. John Youl, by the Ocean Aug. /15 Dwellings House London 51.513016,-0.127931 Sir The Northampton ship Dawson ship March Mr Marsden New South Wales -31.16581,147.034149 Peace Peace New Zealand -41.244772,174.675751 Maori language Language George Bruce Political science Government Govr Macquarie Hope Hope Conference proceedings Proceedings God God Gospel New Zealanders Faith Faith Christian Rev Youl England 52.456009,-1.189957 Chaplain Port Dalrymple -41.106778,146.823242 Land settlement Settlement Bible Scriptures Books Book Cowper Holmes Fortune ship Pratt Kendall Josiah Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0055_019 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0055_019_001 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0055_019_002 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0055_019_003 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0055_019_004 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0055_019_005 MS_0055_019 Trimble 19 CMS Number 87 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 2015-06-11T10:53:41+12:00 machine generated eng Letter: Reverend Josiah Pratt to Reverend Thomas Kendall, 16 August 1815 Reverend Josiah Pratt University of Otago Library Digitised from the Hocken Library Collection Number MS-0055/019 Trimble 19 CMS Number 87 Digitised by the Marsden Online Archive Library of Congress Subject Headings Letter Maori Subject Headings Reverend Thomas Kendall 16 August 1815 London, England The Ocean 01 August 1815 British English Dwellings Peace Maori language Political science Hope Conference proceedings God Faith Land settlement Bible Books House London The northampton Dawson March Marsden New south wales Peace New zealand Language George Bruce Government Macquarie Hope Proceedings God Gospel New zealanders Faith Christian Youl England Chaplain Port dalrymple Settlement Scriptures Book Cowper Holmes Fortune Pratt Kendall Josiah C.M. House, London August 16/15 My Dear Sir Since my last to you, of Dec December 6/14, by the Northampton (a duplicate of which was sent by the Dawson, Jan 28/15, we have rec[eive]d yours of March 25/14 Sep 6/14, and Oct October 3/14, with the curiosities, and the specimens of Shunghee’s Hongi Hika writing. I have distributed all the curiosities as directed. We were much pleased with them. Shunghees Hongi Hika head, sent us by Mr Marsden, attracts great attention. Pray continue to send all that you can procure, for our Museum and give us a description of their use. I refer you to my last for whatever respects your mode of support. Doubtless the representatives of the Society in New South Wales will consult, to the utmost, your comfort and your peace. We are well aware that human infirmity will discover itself in good men; and we wish, therefore, that every reasonable provision should be made for your living independent one of another, unless in cases where you may of yourselves wish to live in common. Be so kind as to write all your New Zealand words quite plain. The language being altogether unknown to us, we cannot easily make out some of the words. A man, named George Bruce, of whom you have doubtless heard, has been frequently with us. We have clothed him and supported him for some weeks and have placed him under the instruction with the intention of obtaining from Government a passage for him to New South Wales in order that he might proceed to New Zealand; but, on application to Government on his behalf we find that they have been cautioned by Govr Macquarie from granting any facilities to his return: of course, the Society has withdrawn its protection from him. The details which you will see in the Missionary Register prevent the necessity of my entering into them with you. I hope that you and our other friends will consider, that, if we do not enter into the particulars of our proceedings and our prospects, it is not that I do not take a sincere interest in your happiness, but that I can refer you to full and authentic documents. Your letters have awakened much hope and expectation in us that it will please God to open a way for his Gospel by your means among the New Zealanders. Go on in faith and patience; studying to live in Christian harmony and peace and the God of peace will be with you. You may not see much fruit of your labours for some time, or you may even lie down in your graves before any great effect of our exertions become visible; yet your labours shall not be lost, nor shall you fail of their gracious reward. The Rev. Mr Youl, who takes charge of this Letter, has obtained orders in England, and returns as Chaplain at Port Dalrymple. We send a considerable quantity of Tools &c for the use of the Settlement. We shall hope to hear that you have made proficiency in the New Zealand Zealand tongue; and that the way will be thus prepared by you for the Translation of the Scriptures, when you are joined by a Clergyman who understands the originals. In the mean while we hope that you will prepare portions of Scripture, as well as you may be able; and that the little New Zealanders will, under your kind and paternal care, first learn the rudiments of their own tongue out of the Book of God. The Bibles &c for Mr Cowper, and the Stationery for yourself, we will supply by the next opportunity. We have sent the Register as before, to Mr Marsden, and have requested him to forward copies to you with Magazines, Newspapers &c. As I concluded that a Society has been formed, or will be formed, in New South Wales, auxiliary to ours, it will be best to consign all goods, books &c, to the officers of the Society, to be forwarded to you. I have addressed Letters, by Mr Youl, to all the Chaplains in New South Wales, requesting their co-operation. Their hands will be strengthened, I hope, ere long, by an able and excellent clergyman of the name of Holmes, who is a man of some fortune, and is bent on joining Mr Marsden & aiding his exertions. Mrs Pratt unites with me in kind regards to yourself, and Mrs Kendall. Your brother, as you will see by a Letter sent by Mr Youl wishes to join you. With earnest prayers for your happiness and that of your family, and for the success of your labours. I remain, My Dear Sir, Your affectionate Friend (Signed) Josiah Pratt Hocken Archive Reference Number MS-0055/019 37MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 d7a2c9ad95979a559610c90ee66f081a ACEMC 2886 4494 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0055/019 200 mm 320 mm 2014:05:15 11:38:24.47 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: 61.6 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 2014:05:21 08:38:08 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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Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. hocken@otago.ac.nz Hocken Archive Reference Number MS-0055/019 35MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 25972961e2f091cbba148d9dd3371603 ACEMC 2730 4506 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0055/019 200 mm 320 mm 2014:05:15 11:38:43.92 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: 62.4 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 2014:05:21 08:38:22 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. 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-0055/019 37MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 433e910f3338c389f1052cf3ef597455 ACEMC 2898 4506 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0055/019 200 mm 320 mm 2014:05:15 11:39:28.86 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: 61.4 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 2014:05:21 08:59:42 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. 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