Letter: Reverend Samuel Marsden to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 16 March 1816
Reverend Samuel Marsden
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
Letter
Maori Subject Headings
Reverend Josiah Pratt
16 March 1816
New South Wales, Australia
8 January 1817
London, England
13 January 1817
British English
Missions
Colonies -- History
Lawyers
Missionaries
Committees
Hope
Authority
Parramatta
March
1816
Burder
Mission
Colony
Walker
Otaheite
Advocate
England
Missionaries
Committee
Hope
Authority
Marsden
Otaheitean
Kendall
Sydney gazette
Parramatta March 16 1816 Dear Sir The enclosed documents I wish you to see previous to their being sent to the Revd G. Burder, as the Good of both their, and your Mission are interested in them— I shall be glad if any measures can be adopted to redress the Evils therein stated— I have taken all the Steps in my Power in this Colony— The Walker, mentioned in the Letter of our Supreme Judge, I understand has been ordered Home to take his trial— This man committed many Acts of fraud and Opprfessionoppression at N. Zealand, and hung a man at Otaheite— I lodged a criminal Information against him before our Late Judge Advocate
and after the depositions were taken the Judge recommended that he should be sent to England but the Governor did not approve of this Step, and I have some Reason to think he will not be sent Home now tho an order I know has been sent for him from the Secretary of State— Walker is till at large; and if such daring wicked men are not punished I am very much afraid the most fatal Consequences will follow— Such characters would excite the Natives to any Acts of Violence against the Missionaries in these Islands, and have them cut off throthrough Revenge— I must leave this matter to the wisdom of your Committee and hope their powerful Influence with those in Authority will be productive of some especial Good. I am Dr Sir Yours truly Saml Marsden
P.S. Be so good as to forward the documents and small Otaheitean Spelling Books to Mr Burder— I have sent you a few things I have had printed for Mr Kendall— He has done much in so short a time— The Mattsmats which are not addressed to any Individual you will do with them as you think Proper— I have sent you the Sydney Gazette as late, and as far back as I could procure them— No complete Set can be obtained in the Colony— I have got you all I could—