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Letter: Reverend Samuel Marsden to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 7 February 1820
Reverend
Samuel
Marsden
Author
Reverend
Josiah
Pratt
Receiver
text
Letter
New South Wales, Australia
7 February 1820
24 June 1820
4 July 1820
10 July 1820
Notes about where the letter was created: Parramatta, New South Wales
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Hocken Collections' Title: Marsden to CMS Secretary, Josiah Pratt
Parramatta
-33.814525,151.003448
Feby
1820
Sir
Surry
ship
New Zealand
-41.244772,174.675751
Revd
Butler
Diaries
Journal
Hope
Hope
Christian
New Zealanders
Gospel
God
God
Heathens
Dromedary
ship
Commissioner
Captain
Great Britain. Parliament
British Government
Colonies -- History
Colony
Duaterra
Land settlement
Settlement
Pine
Pine
The Active
ship
Committees
Committee
Dwellings
House
Sydney Gazette
Mr
Bigge
Honor
Truthfulness and falsehood
Falsehoods
Govr
Macquarie
Marsden
Pratt
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Trimble 14
CMS Number 15, 16
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Letter: Reverend Samuel Marsden to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 7 February 1820
Reverend Samuel Marsden
University of Otago Library
Digitised from the Hocken Library
Collection Number MS-0057/014
Trimble 14
CMS Number 15, 16
Digitised by the Marsden Online Archive
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Letter
Maori Subject Headings
Reverend Josiah Pratt
7 February 1820
New South Wales, Australia
24 June 1820
4 July 1820
British English
Diaries
Hope
God
Great Britain. Parliament
Colonies -- History
Land settlement
Missions
Pine
Political science
Committees
Dwellings
Truthfulness and falsehood
Parramatta
Feby
1820
Surry
New zealand
Butler
Journal
Hope
Christian
New zealanders
Gospel
God
Heathens
Dromedary
British government
Colony
Duaterra
Settlement
Mission
Pine
The active
Committee
House
Sydney gazette
Bigge
Honor
Falsehoods
Macquarie
Marsden
Pratt
Parramatta
Feby 7th 1820
Revd & dear Sir
By the Surry I informed you of my Intention to visit New Zealand with the Revd J. Butler, and his Colleagues which I did. I herewith forward you my Journal for the Information of the Society
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I have not had time since my return to examine it, or make any Corrections. You will make allowance for any Errors or want of method, as I wrote my observations where I happened to be at the moment, often surrounded with natives, in the midst of noise and Confusion, when I was with them in the different districts they let me have little Rest either night or day, as they would be continually talking upon various Subjects. I hope the Christian world will now be convinced from
possitive
positive
Facts that the New Zealanders are prepared for the Gospel, and ready for any Instruction they can get
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God has wonderfully helped the feeble means that have been used for their Good in spite of all that the Enemy could do. The only thing I regret is the Expense
–
but I hope the Head of the Church will move the Hearts of those who love him to contribute their Portion for his Cause and Interest. I pray to Lord jesus that in Proportion as the Christian world becomes acquainted with the miseries of these poor Heathens that they will wittingly lend their aid to relief them,
I hope the observations I now send will be the means in some degree of increasing the
Societys
Society's
Funds. I can only say that all has been done that I could possibly do to lessen the Expenses. All new Colonies are attended with heavy expenses at the first: and I now hope they will not in future be so much as they have been. I am now preparing to visit the Settlers again in His Majesty's Ship the Dromedary agreeable to your wishes. The Honourable Commissioner of Enquiry, wished me to go, as well as the Captain of the Dromedary. I have put the Commissioner in full Possession of all the Affairs of the mission
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He has seen the New Zealanders who are with me, and is much pleased with them, 25 in number; some of them will accompany me in the Dromedary. I hope a good understanding will now be established between the Chiefs and the British Government. If the Spars are found to answer New Zealand will be of great national Importance and there can be little doubt of this
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The Nation may derive all the advantages they may wish for from New Zealand, without the Expenses of forming a Colony, and what Government will do, will relieve the Society of part of the Expenses and at the same time forward your views
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Duaterra had often informed me of a fine River which runs into the Sea on the west side of the island
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I had not time to visit it when I was first at New Zealand, but went to see it at the last time. I have sent you a Chart of the
River, which I have named Gambier
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Should there be no more difficulties in entering the Harbour than we were able to discover, this River will form a very fine Settlement for the Mission
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The King's Ships will no doubt come here for timber, as the Banks of the River are in many Parts covered with the lofty Pine. But this I am not certain of yet
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It is my Intention to visit it again with an officer of Experience in the dromedary, in order to settle this important Point
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what Spars the Active has brought formerly are much approved of, and the Gentleman whom Government have sent out to examine the Timber gives it as his opinion that none can be better. Should Government succeed in their views, New Zealand will soon become a very great Country
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The Society will be aware what difficulties have opposed their labours
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and will learn the real State of this Colony from the Examination before the Committee of the House of Commons and from the Reports of the Commissioner of Enquiry. Should you see a document published in the Sydney Gazette relative to the human Heads brought from N. Zealand you will not I trust give Credit to such a Statement. It appeared about 6 weeks ago
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It came from the old Quarter. I have the fullest Conviction, when the Honorable Commissioner returns, the Society will have the Satisfaction to know that their Labours have not been in vain, and
that they may now hope for every Countenance from the British nation in the great work they are engaged in. Mr Bigge is a man of great Judgment, and Honor and will clearly see into the Spirit of the time
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From the moment I learned that the affairs of the Colony were to come under the Consideration of a Committee of the House of Commons my mind was relieved
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I was comforted with the prospect that some Relief would be provided for the public Evils of which I had so long complained, and the private wrongs I had suffered,– I am very thankful to my Friends for their Support
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The Lies and Falsehoods of every kind which were spread would never have obtain[ed] a Confutation, without a public Enquiry
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The Truth will now rise from under the Rubbish under which it has long been buried
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when the dromedary returns you will have then a full Account of what may be looked forward to
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I have had no Communication with Govr Macquarie excepting by Letter since my Return
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we have never spoke upon any Subject. he will struggle hard, but the day of Retribution will come. His Superiors may aid him, but he cannot justify his measures. It is impossible
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I have stood my Ground hitherto, but with the greatest difficulty, and now I hope to stand
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I shall not return at present to Europe as the Commissioner is come out my
Buisness
business
may be settled without that. I could not have remained here had there been no Check put upon the Enemy
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I remain
Dr Sir
Yours affectionately
Saml Marsden
Revd J. Pratt
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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.
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Canon
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1.3
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11.0
6.5
1.4
Multi-segment
tungsten
flash did not fire
50.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 60.9 mm)
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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
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Processing actions undertaken to: prepare the image for online digital use and maintain the integrity of the image.
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Windows
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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.
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