University of Otago Library Letter: Reverend Samuel Marsden to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 12 June 1816 Reverend Samuel Marsden Author Reverend Josiah Pratt Receiver Tottenham The ship that returned the reply text Letter New South Wales, Australia 12 June 1816 12 June 1817 24 November 1817 Notes about where the letter was created: Sydney, New South Wales eng text/html 232 x 188 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: Marsden to CMS Secretary Sydney -33.861293,151.212645 Wales 52.133488,-3.780155 June 12th 1816 Dr Sir Revd Vale Mr Colonies -- History Colony Governor England 52.456009,-1.189957 God God Gospel Political science Government Otaheite -17.641405,-149.43213 South Seas -46.901492,168.661251 Heathens Marsden Pratt Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0056_020 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0056_020_001 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0056_020_002 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0056_020_003 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0056_020_004 MS_0056_020 Trimble 20 CMS Number 21 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. University of Otago Library 2015-06-11T14:15:59+12:00 machine generated eng Letter: Reverend Samuel Marsden to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 12 June 1816 Reverend Samuel Marsden University of Otago Library Digitised from the Hocken Library Collection Number MS-0056/020 Trimble 20 CMS Number 21 Digitised by the Marsden Online Archive Library of Congress Subject Headings Letter Maori Subject Headings Reverend Josiah Pratt 12 June 1816 New South Wales, Australia Tottenham 12 June 1817 London, England British English Colonies -- History Authority God Political science Sydney Wales June 12th 1816 Vale Colony Authority England God Gospel Government Otaheite South seas Heathens Marsden Pratt Sydney N.S. Wales June 12th 1816 Revd & Dr Sir I have given an open Letter for you to the Revd B. Vale, as I thought you probably wd wish to ask him a few Questions about this distant Part of the World. I am not sorry Mr V. is leaving the Colony— he has caused much political Confusion or Ferment. The difference between the Governor and him has gone to a very considerable extent, which will be still extended further— I have had my Feelings much wounded occasionally by the Governor’s Conduct; at the same time I have conceived it to be my duty patiently to bear with present evils; and to remonstrate with those in Authority in England, and not to come to an open Quarrel with the Governor; at least so far as that I could not live in the Colony— I condemn the Governor’s Conduct in some Instances, towards Mr V such as bringing him to a Court-Martial— at the same time I think Mr V. has acted very improperly. Mr V. is a very extraordinary man he is not fit for N.S. Wales. I think him very dangerous to the Quiet of Society in a political Sense— I also think a man who feared God, and wished to promote the Gospel could never act in the way Mr V. has done, and I think will continue to do— I am persuaded from his turn of mind, and public declarations that he will continue to molest the Governor if he returns to England. I should recommend his Representations in some Cases to be received with Caution, as I am sure they will be strong— He is a man of Ability as a public Speaker, and will draw a Congregation to him— but out of the Church— his Conduct here has been very strange, and very unlike a Clergyman, according to my Judgment. Good may come out of evil— and I think in the present Instance it will— Governor Macquarie’s Conduct cannot be approved at Home— Mr V. will make it known— and another Governor may not possess so much Power, as this Governor does, or imagines he does— You will hear the particulars either thro’ through the medium of the public Press, or in some other way— I have just wrote these few Lines to suggest the Propriety of making allowances for Strong Representations as they either affect the Government of this Colony, or the Character of Private Individuals— I shall rejoice much when we have the pleasure to receive an humble zealous minister that will feel a Pleasure in his public duty— We have had the most gratifying news from Otaheite— The Gospel is making wonderful Progress there— These islands in the South Seas will now become the Inheritance of the Lord Jesus Xt. May the Head of the Church bless every means for the Conversion of the Heathens— I am Rev. Sir yours affectionately Saml Marsden Revd J. Pratt Hocken Archive Reference Number MS-0056/020 18MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 895b5fd8b63ecb9c1f469f71d53772c8 ACEMC 2280 2799 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0056/020 188 mm 232 mm 2014:01:30 11:15:01.52 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: 91.1 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 2014:03:10 13:27:25 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-0056/020 18MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 799a83efdb219db5a9ca1d2b79653a0e ACEMC 2280 2799 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0056/020 188 mm 232 mm 2014:01:30 11:16:17.35 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: 91.1 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 2014:03:10 13:27:41 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-0056/020 18MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 2aa232a495018126438dc368ef0bdb02 ACEMC 2280 2799 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0056/020 188 mm 232 mm 2014:01:30 11:13:58.66 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: 91.1 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 2014:03:10 13:27:09 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-0056/020 18MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 7abbdcf18223bff030d52a4c39a0a7d5 ACEMC 2280 2799 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0056/020 188 mm 232 mm 2014:01:30 11:17:22.59 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: 91.1 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 2014:03:10 13:27:59 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