University of Otago Library 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 eng text/html 303 x 187 mm 2 leaves 3 pages reformatted digital 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 Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0055_031 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0055_031_001 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0055_031_002 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0055_031_003 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0055_031_004 MS_0055_031 Trimble 31 CMS Number 96 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 2015-06-11T10:23:24+12:00 machine generated eng 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 Hocken Archive Reference Number MS-0055/031 32MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 cf8d6fb30c3edafb9af319e3676dde8d ACEMC 2670 4290 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0055/031 187 mm 303 mm 2014:05:15 12:37:59.32 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: 65.1 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 2014:05:20 12:33:32 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. 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-0055/031 32MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 083a9297e9816e24670bf3906360281b ACEMC 2682 4260 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0055/031 187 mm 303 mm 2014:05:15 12:37:17.38 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: 65.3 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 2014:05:20 12:33:20 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit Processing actions undertaken to: prepare the image for online digital use and maintain the integrity of the image. 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-0055/031 32MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 89023b47c7f1e4ed931fc293e2c5fd31 ACEMC 2700 4266 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0055/031 187 mm 303 mm 2014:05:15 12:38:11.62 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: 65.1 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 2014:05:20 12:34:10 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