University of Otago Library Letter: Reverend Samuel Marsden to Reverend John Butler, 12 January 1820 Reverend Samuel Marsden Author Reverend John Butler Receiver text Letter New South Wales, Australia 12 January 1820 Notes about where the letter was created: Parramatta, New South Wales eng text/html 322 x 204 mm 2 leaves 4 pages reformatted digital Hocken Collections' Title: Marsden to John Butler Parramatta -33.814525,151.003448 Jany 1820 Sir The Active ship Port Jackson -36.61458,175.44906 Children Children Life Life Labors New Zealanders God God Hope Hope Samuel Colonies -- History Colony Governor Dwellings House England 52.456009,-1.189957 War Fight Prisoners Prisoners Honor Perseverance ship Missions Mission Mrs Gordon Sydney -33.861293,151.212645 Commissioner Political science Government James Shepherd Temmarangha Horses Horses Butler Marsden Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0057_011 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0057_011_001 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0057_011_002 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0057_011_003 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0057_011_004 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0057_011_005 MS_0057_011 Trimble 11 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 2015-06-11T10:44:10+12:00 machine generated eng Letter: Reverend Samuel Marsden to Reverend John Butler, 12 January 1820 Reverend Samuel Marsden University of Otago Library Digitised from the Hocken Library Collection Number MS-0057/011 Trimble 11 Digitised by the Marsden Online Archive Library of Congress Subject Headings Letter Maori Subject Headings Reverend John Butler 12 January 1820 New South Wales, Australia British English Children Life God Hope Colonies -- History Dwellings War Prisoners Missions Political science Horses Parramatta Jany 1820 The active Port jackson Children Life Labors New zealanders God Hope Samuel Colony House England Fight Prisoners Honor Perseverance Mission Gordon Sydney Government James shepherd Temmarangha Horses Butler Marsden Parramatta Jany 12 1820 My very dear Sir I have the pleasure to inform you that we had a fine Passage in the Active to Port Jackson where I found all my Family well, and daughters shortly after at the Lord's Table. I had suffered much anguish of mind when at N. Zealand at the very horrid Idea which some entertained of my Children my spirits were more wounded than at any thing I had met with in Life. They devote their time to instruct the ignorant and to guide the poor wanderer No wicked Insinuations will ever cause me to relinquish my Labors for the good of New Zealanders and I bless God that he has favoured me with such a feeling which I hope will attend me to the Grave. Your Son Samuel is very steady and behaves well. I think his visit to Parramatta will be of real Service to him He has no Companions to lead him wrong and he sees none but the best of Characters this Colony affords I think you will find him more inclined to do all you wish when he returns to you He is just treated as if he was my own Son and is under no painful restraint and free from Care and will do well I have no doubt With respect to myself I can say but little as yet I have not seen the Governor since my return, nor am likely to see him. How matters will end I cannot tell as yet but I think I shall carry my Point Our difference is now before the House of Commons The whole State of the Colony will now come before the House. I think the Governor will not remain long in the Colony. Whether I shall return to England or not is yet uncertain but I rather think that I shall remain where I am. Several members of the House of Commons have warmly espoused my Cause, and have pledged themselves to see justice done to my Character The Governor must be very angry. What will be done I cannot tell as yet No doubt every attempt will be tried to do me all the injury possible I have determined to maintain the Contest unto the End The Foundation upon which I stand is truth and I only have to maintain my ground, and not to be driven from my Post by any attacks and then I must conquer I may have hard to fight we are expecting arrivals from England every day, when I shall know more. I think it possible two King's Ships will come out, and after they have landed their Prisoners will visit New Zealand for Spars If they do I shall visit you again if I can obtain Permission and see how you are going on. I hope you will go on well Always bear in mind the importance of the work in which you are engaged, and what an Honor you enjoy You cannot magnify your office too much, nor think too highly of your Situation as an Ambassador to the Heathen. Much will depend upon your wisdom, Patience Perseverance and I hope you will possess all these virtues. You know well what a State the Mission was in when we first arrived when I saw what those sent out to instruct the Heathen were doing my very Soul was pained within me I trembled for the Consequences. Their Sin appeared exceeding great to me and I did think then, and have thought since that if God intended to be merciful unto them he would bring them into some Affliction When Mrs Gordon's Father called upon me (who is a pious man) after my arrival at Parramatta before he saw his daughter I told him Mr Gordon had neglected his duty, and I feared on that account he would have some heavy affliction The next news I heard Mrs Gordon died at Sydney None of them saw their Conduct in the same Light as I did They appeared to be stupid and insensible Mr King I think will sooner or later also be convinced of his Error I hope he will continue now to do what is right, and not fall again into the Snare of the devil I do expect the Society will take very serious notice of his Conduct It will give me the greatest Gratification to find you all go on well, and that the work prospers in your Hands The Field is open for your Labors, and you must succeed in the End I have had repeated Conversations with the Commissioner respecting New Zealand and I hope Government will attend to it when the present Powers that be are removed I shall embrace every opportunity to promote the Interest of the Country you live in, so that you may depend at all times upon my Support while I remain in this Colony I hope my difficulties will be less than what they have been in time I have sent over Mr James Shepherd to live with Temmarangha and his Party. You will give him all the aid you can in building him a little House &c. He is well acquainted with Gardening, graf[t]ing Trees &c &c, so that he will be very useful in all these respects. I will send him some assistance as soon as I can Should the Kings Ships come I will try to send the Horses &c You will be so good as to give our kind Respects to Mrs Butler She will be gratified to know that her Son is well and goes on well I think he will now be weaned, and when he comes back again, she will not regret that he came with me, as he will be more likely to be a comfort to her, than if he had never been from her I shall send the wheat &c &c in the Active I remain Dr Sir Yours affectionately Saml Marsden Revd J. Butler Hocken Archive Reference Number MS-0057/011 37MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 9f1ade0a0a14c23d497e938baaf9059c ACEMC 2904 4548 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0057/011 204 mm 322 mm 2014:04:09 14:05:54.53 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit digital still camera Canon Canon EOS 6D 11.0 1.3 Manual 0220 1.3 11.0 6.5 1.4 Multi-segment tungsten flash did not fire 50.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 60.9 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 2014:04:17 12:30:39 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-0057/011 37MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 c29500651b5f2a7918540d45d7c692ee ACEMC 2892 4524 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0057/011 204 mm 322 mm 2014:04:09 14:05:26.91 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit digital still camera Canon Canon EOS 6D 11.0 1.3 Manual 0220 1.3 11.0 6.5 1.4 Multi-segment tungsten flash did not fire 50.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 61.2 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 2014:04:17 12:30:27 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-0057/011 38MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 e9e69f41ae7faa360f5a27d674817577 ACEMC 2916 4560 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0057/011 204 mm 322 mm 2014:04:09 14:05:01.77 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit digital still camera Canon Canon EOS 6D 11.0 1.3 Manual 0220 1.3 11.0 6.5 1.4 Multi-segment tungsten flash did not fire 50.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 60.8 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 2014:04:17 12:30:03 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-0057/011 38MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 d43f353c8b0174ac11d4f655fb4279a5 ACEMC 2970 4530 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0057/011 204 mm 322 mm 2014:04:09 14:04:29.52 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit digital still camera Canon Canon EOS 6D 11.0 1.3 Manual 0220 1.3 11.0 6.5 1.4 Multi-segment tungsten flash did not fire 50.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 60.7 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 2014:04:17 12:29:37 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