File 1: Hassall family, correspondence, volume 2, pp. 1-297, 1794-ca. 1823

Hassall family papers, 1793-2000

CONTENTS:

Correspondence of Samuel Marsden, Elizabeth Marsden and Thomas Hassall. Correspondence of Samuel and Elizabeth Marsden being manuscript copies of letters sent (28) to Mrs Mary Stokes and her husband Thomas Stokes; and manuscript copies of letters sent (3) by Samuel Marsden to William Wilberforce. Correspondence deals with Marsden family matters, as well as matters of wider interest, including social conditions of the colony, sheep breeding and wool production, and missionary work in New Zealand.

Correspondence of Thomas Hassall, being mainly letters received, 1815-ca. 1823, prior to Thomas Hassall's departure for England and during his time in England and Wales. Letters received prior to his departure include a number from missionaries in Tahiti who relied on the Hassall family for trade and supplies. These letters give accounts of the work of the missionaries, their health and family situations, and conditions at Otaheite (Tahiti). Letters received while Thomas Hassall was in England and Wales include letters from missionaries in Tahiti and friends at Port Jackson, including a letter from Reverend Walter Lawry, Wesleyan minister, recently married to Hassall's sister, Mary Cover Hassall. Correspondents include Reverent Robert Cartwright, George Bicknell, Henry Bicknell, Henry S. Douglas, Richard Hill, William Wilberforce, Samuel Marsden, William Henry, James Shepherd, and John Davies. Copies of letters sent include unsigned letters to Samuel Otoo Hassall and Thomas Hancox. There is also a short narrative, probably written by Thomas Hassall, 'The little Irish Sailor Boy - By one of the Chaplains in New South Wales', n.d.; and a copy of a petition by Thomas Hassall to the Bishop of London requesting an appointment as a colonial chaplain in New South Wales, ca. 1823.

File 1: Hassall family, correspondence, volume 2, pp. 1-297, 1794-ca. 1823

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