Sydney June 11th 1822 Dear Sirs I herewith forward to you a Letter which I have felt it my duty to write to the Revd Thomas Kendall— which you will hand over to him when you have read and consider’d it— while those public charges are alled’d against him, and universally believ’d it is not proper that Mr Kendall should remain connected with the Church Miss[ionar]y Society until he has justified his conduct and prov’d that he is Innocent of those Scandalous Sins with which he is charg’d I am Dear Sirs Your mo[st]: Obedt. H[umble] S[e]r[vant] Sign’d Samuel Marsden To the Committee At the Bay of islands Belonging to the Church Miss[ionar]y Society