Letter: 3rd Earl Liverpool Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 10 December 1809
3rd Earl Liverpool Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
Letter
Maori Subject Headings
Reverend Josiah Pratt
10 December 1809
London, England
British English
Committees
Missions
Children
Land settlement
Authority
December
1809
Liverpool
Committee
Missions
Africa
Kendall
Children
Settlement
New zealand
Port jackson
Authority
New holland
Jenkinson
Pratt
Downing Street 13thh December 1809 Sir, Lord Liverpool has directed me to aknowledgeacknowledge your Letter to him of the 1st instant, in which you state by desire of the Committee of the Society for Missions to Africa and the East, that a Person of the name of Kendall has offered to go out with his Family (consisting of a Wife and three Children) to assist in the formation of a Settlement in New Zealand, and that the Committee are willing to undertake the Expence of supporting the Man
and his Family, provided a passage can be provided for them to Port Jackson. Lord Liverpool desires me to acquaint you for the information of the Committee that he is not aware that authority has been given for the formation of any Establishment in New Zealand, and that in the present state of the Settlements on the Coasts of New Holland nhe does not think it proper to encourage any new Settlers to proceed thither. I am, Sir, Your most obedient Humble Servant Cecil Jenkinson Mr Pratt Secretary of the Society For Missions to Africa And the East