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Letter: Reverend Benjamin Vale, Reverend Henry Fulton, Robert Cartwright, Reverend William Cowper and Reverend Samuel Marsden to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 26 October 1815
Reverend
Benjamin
Vale
Author
Reverend
Henry
Fulton
Author
Robert
Cartwright
Author
Reverend
William
Cowper
Author
Reverend
Samuel
Marsden
Author
Reverend
Josiah
Pratt
Receiver
Northampton
The ship that sent the letter
Sir William Bensley
The ship that returned the reply
text
Letter
New South Wales, Australia
26 October 1815
05 September 1816
05 September 1816
Notes about where the letter was created: Parramatta, New South Wales
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Hocken Collections' Title: Marsden, Cowper, Cartwright, Fulton and Vale to CMS Secretary
Parramatta
-33.814525,151.003448
25th
October
1815
Sir
Dwellings
House
Revd
Samuel
Marsden
11th
1809
December
16th
1814
New Zealand
-41.244772,174.675751
Labors
Civilization
Christian
Religion
Religion
Port Jackson
-36.61458,175.44906
Prisoners
Convicts
Whalers
New Zealanders
Colonies -- History
Colony
Indigenous peoples
Native
Flax
Flax
The Active
ship
Hope
Hope
Honor
Cowper
Cartwright
Fulton
Vale
Josiah
Pratt
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MS_0055_031
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Letter: Reverend Benjamin Vale, Reverend Henry Fulton, Robert Cartwright, Reverend William Cowper and Reverend Samuel Marsden to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 26 October 1815
Reverend Benjamin Vale and Reverend Henry Fulton and Robert Cartwright and Reverend William Cowper and Reverend Samuel Marsden
University of Otago Library
Digitised from the Hocken Library
Collection Number MS-0055/031
Trimble 31
CMS Number 96
Digitised by the Marsden Online Archive
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Letter
Maori Subject Headings
Reverend Josiah Pratt
26 October 1815
New South Wales, Australia
Northampton
Sir William Bensley
05 September 1816
British English
Dwellings
Religion
Prisoners
Colonies -- History
Indigenous peoples
Flax
Hope
Parramatta
25th
October
1815
House
Samuel
Marsden
11th
1809
December
16th
1814
New zealand
Labors
Civilization
Christian
Religion
Port jackson
Convicts
Whalers
New zealanders
Colony
Native
Flax
The active
Hope
Honor
Cowper
Cartwright
Fulton
Vale
Josiah
Pratt
Parramatta,
25th October 1815
Reverend Sir,
At a Meeting held this day at the Parsonage House
Parramatta, the Official Letters from you addressed to the Revd Samuel Marsden under date May 11th 1809 and December 16th 1814 were taken into consideration by us the Clergy undersigned, and after mature deliberation We are unanimously of opinion, that New Zealand opens a large and promising Field for Missionary labors. That the Inhabitants are a noble and intelligent race, and prepared to receive the blessings of Civilization and the knowledge of the Christian
Religion and it is also our opinion that their improvement and civilization can best be promoted by keeping up a regular communication with New Zealand, and introducing the Chiefs into civil Society at Port Jackson, which can only be done by maintaining a Vessel for that purpose. The Vessel will be necessary for the comfort of the Settlers of New Zealand, and also for their protection from the Natives and runaway Convicts and Sailors who are put on shore by the Masters of Whalers and other Vessels. We also fully accord with
the Society, that the Civilization and general improvement of the New Zealanders would be greatly promoted by forming a small Establishment in this Colony for their instruction in some of the simple arts, such as spinning and Weaving their Native
Flax; Manufacturing it into Twine and Cordage, and in Blacksmiths work and Agriculture.— Such an Establishment independent of promoting the Civilization of the New Zealanders
wod
would
afford a certain pledge for the safety of the Settlers at New Zealand, as the Natives who would be instructed under the patronage of this INSTITUTION
wod
would
either be Sons of Chiefs or their near Relations, and would also accommodate such Chiefs as may from time to time visit Port Jackson in the Active where they would be kindly treated and protected from insult during the time the Vessel remains in the Harbour, which will tend to enlarge their Ideas, remove their prejudices, & excite in them a thirst for useful knowledge. The annual expence of such an Establishment at present for the hire of the necessary Buildings, Tools, Overseer’s wages, the support of the Natives and other conveniences; we estimate at £200 pr
Annm.
annum
Under these impressions we have resolved to form the Establishment immediately on the
Society’s
Society's
account, and to receive into it such New Zealanders as are at present in the Colony. We wish further to observe, that we feel the most cordial desire to co-operate with the Society in their benevolent and pious exertions for the Conversion of the Heathen, but we are of opinion that no Public Auxiliary can be formed in this Colony under present existing circumstances, with any hope of success. At the same time we beg to assure the Society, that we will embrace the first favorable opportunity of carrying their wishes into effect relative to this important object. With our sincere and Christian Regards to the Society and our fervent prayers that the great Head of the Church may bless the
Society’s
Society's
labours in this and every other part of the Globe
We have the Honor to be
Revd Sir
Your most obed[ien]t H[um]ble Servants
Samuel Marsden
William Cowper
Robt Cartwright
Henry Fulton
Benj[ami]n Vale
The Revd Josiah Pratt
&c &c &c
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Canon
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11.0
1
Manual
0220
1
11.0
6.9
1.4
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tungsten
flash did not fire
50.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 65.1 mm)
0
Subject is illuminated from the front side.
Auto Focus Used
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Digitised as part of the Mining Marsden Project in 2013/2014
8, 8, 8
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Processing actions undertaken to: prepare the image for online digital use and maintain the integrity of the image.
Adobe Photoshop
CS6
Windows
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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.
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