University of Otago Library Letter: Robert Cartwright to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 26 July 1819 Robert Cartwright Author Reverend Josiah Pratt Receiver text Letter New South Wales, Australia 26 July 1819 4 July 1820 10 July 1820 20 July 1820 Notes about where the letter was created: Windsor, New South Wales eng text/html 229 x 188 mm 2 leaves 4 pages reformatted digital Hocken Collections' Title: Reverend Robert Cartwright, New South Wales, to Reverend Josiah Pratt, Secretary Annotations: Mr Acisl [? Delivered by] Scope and Content: This letter concerns a medical man for the New Zealand settlement Windsor 51.481811,-0.613716 Wales 52.133488,-3.780155 1819 Sir New Zealand -41.244772,174.675751 Mr Marsden Saturday Parramatta -33.814525,151.003448 Sydney -33.861293,151.212645 Missions Mission Messrs Kendall Carlisle God God New Zealanders Bread Bread Revd Butler Reid Surgeon Navies Navy Baring ship Colonies -- History Colony Honor Cartwright Josiah Pratt Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0498_242 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0498_242_001 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0498_242_002 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0498_242_003 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0498_242_004 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0498_242_005 MS_0498_242 CMS Number 48 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 2015-06-11T13:26:56+12:00 machine generated eng Letter: Robert Cartwright to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 26 July 1819 Robert Cartwright University of Otago Library Digitised from the Hocken Library Collection Number MS-0498/242 CMS Number 48 Digitised by the Marsden Online Archive Library of Congress Subject Headings Letter Maori Subject Headings Reverend Josiah Pratt 26 July 1819 New South Wales, Australia 4 July 1820 10 July 1820 British English Missions God Bread Navies Colonies -- History Windsor Wales 1819 New zealand Marsden Saturday Parramatta Sydney Mission Kendall Carlisle God New zealanders Bread Butler Reid Surgeon Navy Baring Colony Honor Cartwright Josiah Pratt Windsor N.S. Wales July 26. 1819. Rev & Dear Sir I am sure I need make no apology for so soon troubling you again upon the business of New Zealand. After consulting my friend Mr Marsden on the subject, we resolved to write you a joint letter, on Saturday evening previous to our leaving Parramatta. It appeared to me my friend was not satisfied that he had written enough, as he assured me he would write again to you from Sydney previous to his departure to New Zealand. Be that as it may, having less to do than my worthy Friend, I must say much more on a subject, which I think of such vast importance to the Church of Christ, as well as the comforts of our dear Friends at New Zealand. I have always understood, it was the intention of the Society to send out a Medical Man for the service of the Mission; and I have ever conceived the choice of such a Servant of great importance. I believe Messrs Kendall and Carlisle have hitherto practiced in this department; and the former, no doubt, from his great attention to the general Hospital, during his residence here, has hitherto been able to serve the purpose so far as his little society may require such assistance. But it may now be thought necessary, for the comfort of our Brethren, to send a person of more skill in the profession, and whose chief business may be to attend to that department. I am, however, well aware of the difficulty there is in finding a suitable person for such a situation. If it is so difficult to meet with a Physician for the Soul, where the reward is so great, I must utterly despair of your success in finding one for the Body. And on this seems to depend much of the success of this Mission. You are well acquainted with the peculiar nature of the New Zealand superstition, and must be convinced of the necessity of our striking at once, at the root of it. You must also be aware, that much depends, under God, on the skill, as well as the disposition, which your first Medical Missionary must possess, in order to attract the notice, and secure the confidence of the New Zealanders. I am persuaded that a College of Physicians would completely destroy the most impregnable Hedge of the Taboo and that fine race of people would, with as little difficulty, be brought to prefer a warm bed and a Basin of Gruel, to their present very unnatural & hard regimen, as they do our Bread to their Fern root, &c, although it may require labour to procure it. When conversing with the Revd Mr Butler on this subject, he informed me that Mr Reid, many years Surgeon in the Royal Navy, and Superintendent in the Baring Convict Ship, had offered to join the Mission, if the Society would allow him a Salary of £400 pr Annum. Without considering the demand, my attention was at once arrested by the flattering prospect, that would result from such an acquisition to the Society. and I did not hesitate to declare that any difference of Salary would be amply repaid by the influence the Mission would acquire in this Colony, by having such a character in their service at New Zealand. I have no doubt it would be the means of reconciling many to our plan, who are now enemies to it, and may eventually cause them to become warm supporters of the cause. Mr Butler speaks in the highest terms of Dr Reid’s conduct during the Voyage, and thinks he would be an invaluable acquisition to the cause of Christ in New Zealand. The New Zealanders who sailed with them, appear to be much attached to Dr Reid. I feel confident that the Society will in this and in all other things, be directed by Him who has hitherto so wonderfully blessed their counsels and designs, for His own Glory. And here I cannot help offering them my sincere congratulation on the pleasing prospect which now presents itself, at New Zealand. The labourers they have now sent to this remote part of our Lord’s vineyard, will, I doubt not, soon convince the World where they are and whom they serve, by erecting that Church in New Zealand, against which the powers of Hell shall not prevail I have the honor to be, Rev & Dear Sir, Your obed.n huble servant Robt. Cartwright To The Rev.d Josiah Pratt &c &c &c Hocken Archive Reference Number MS-0498/242 24MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 6e23be89dc1f93c496a1d5ba8fa1b076 ACEMC 2640 3204 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0498/242 188 mm 229 mm 2014:05:02 15:33:37.86 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: 79.2 mm) 0 Subject is illuminated from the front side. 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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. Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. hocken@otago.ac.nz Hocken Archive Reference Number MS-0498/242 24MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 7b1639e102dbc47de0ea4cc2f1e1a335 ACEMC 2628 3210 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0498/242 188 mm 229 mm 2014:05:02 15:33:49.62 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: 79.3 mm) 0 Subject is illuminated from the front side. 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