University of Otago Library Letter: John King to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 1 December 1818 John King Author Reverend Josiah Pratt Receiver Regalia The ship that returned the reply text Letter Bay of Islands, New Zealand 1 December 1818 24 May 1819 22 June 1819 4 June 1819 Notes about where the letter was created: Bay of Islands, New Zealand eng text/html 233 x 183 mm 2 leaves 4 pages reformatted digital Letter was sent to London, England Notes about the destination address: Church Missionary House, Salisbury Square, London Hocken Collections' Title: John King to CMS Secretary Bay Of Islands -35.17886,174.169586 New Zealand -41.244772,174.675751 Decr 1818 Sir Hope Hope Health Health Life Life Household supplies Provisions Gospel Maori language Language Land settlement Settlement Fences Fences Thomas Holloway Novr 12th Death Death Powders Powder Mr Kendall God God Heathens Jacob Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0056_101 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0056_101_001 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0056_101_002 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0056_101_003 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0056_101_004 MS_0056_101 Trimble 101 CMS Number 121 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 2015-06-11T13:15:20+12:00 machine generated eng Letter: John King to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 1 December 1818 John King University of Otago Library Digitised from the Hocken Library Collection Number MS-0056/101 Trimble 101 CMS Number 121 Digitised by the Marsden Online Archive Library of Congress Subject Headings Letter Maori Subject Headings Reverend Josiah Pratt 1 December 1818 Bay of Islands, New Zealand Regalia 24 May 1819 London, England 22 June 1819 British English Hope Health Life Household supplies Maori language Land settlement Fences Death Powders God Bay of islands New zealand Decr 1818 Hope Health Life Provisions Gospel Language Settlement Fences Thomas Holloway Novr 12th Death Powder Kendall God Heathens Jacob Bay of Islands New Zealand Decr 1 1818 Revd and Dear Sir/ I hope these few Lines will find you in good Health— as they leaves us at present. We are still going forward— tho but slowly— here is many hindrances which tikme time alone will remove— the Trade the natives have received from us— has not changed their hearts so they are no better in heart or life. They are improving in reading & writing in sawing Timber and in making fishing Lines— Twine & cordige , & agriculture— I have a good crop of wheat it will be ripe this month— they receive pay & provisions for these things— it does them good— it keeps them out of mischief it suplyeth their wants gains their atention prepares the way for the preaching of the Gospel while the Missionary is learning the Language & prepareing to preach to them— this is the strong barf the great obstacle— not knowing the Language— and this will take a person of good abilities some years to learn. I am greatly in want of a strong pair of Hackles and six foot Wheels if they was pulled to pieces & packed up in a box they would easely be put together here— I should be much oblidged to you if you could send them by the first conveyance.— I Should be able to employ more— this settlement is likely to be burdensome to the Honourable Society at present and I think it will be so untill the Gospel reaches their Harts & enlitens their dark minds— and then it will be likely that it will lessen— The natives are such thiefs thieves & begers When large parties come they are so troublesome that all work is almost stoped they pull down our fences & take what they like they are like wolves or wild men but thanks be to god they are not allways always here— dit . We have had some heavy trials here— Thomas Holloway King my second Son died Novr 12th 1818. aged 3 years 9 month & 12 Days he died of a consumption— we did not know his complaint untill until after his Death— therefore did not know what to give him suitable to his case— We have been protected— suported in the midst of Dangers fears & doubts [?] Pray for us we trust we have a good conscience willing to live to & die in the service of Jesus Christ— May the Lord bless you & prosper all your labours and endevours to spread his Holy Name— This last year the Natives have carried on a great deal of war at a distance from us, I think it highely prudent, if you would send positive orders to this settlement that [t]here shall be no more guns nor Powder given a way, nor sold in this place— by any that are in any way employed under your direction you will hear from Mr Kendall some thing a bout this— The Lord knoweth knows all things he is well able to begin & to carry on his great work of convincing & converting the most dark & hardened sinners & the most depreaved Heathen, he is my only helper— his work must prosper here & trihumph in his own time, be still & know that I am god, I will be exalted among the Heathens I will be exalted in the earth— fare well at this time. The Lord bless you & Family, the God of Jacob defend & suport you is the sincere prayer of your most unworthy servant John King Hocken Archive Reference Number MS-0056/101 25MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 cacf3983beaa29d4f9ae96405231efd8 ACEMC 2598 3360 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0056/101 183 mm 233 mm 2014:04:02 11:31:37.32 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: 77.4 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 2014:04:08 10:26:19 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-0056/101 25MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 d90b226c84e776d8b7353b71784ac535 ACEMC 2640 3336 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0056/101 183 mm 233 mm 2014:04:02 11:29:58.18 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: 77.3 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 2014:04:08 10:25:37 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-0056/101 25MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 3153741f4c85a915f576b0f9b44a2966 ACEMC 2610 3348 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0056/101 183 mm 233 mm 2014:04:02 11:30:40.13 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: 77.5 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 2014:04:08 10:25:49 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