Rowland Hassall - Letter received from Pomare II, King of Tahiti, 3 July 1817, being a true copy wit...
Rowland Hassall - Letter received from Pomare II, King of Tahiti, 3 July 1817, being a true copy wit...
Rowland Hassall - Letter received from Pomare II, King of Tahiti, 3 July 1817, being a true copy with translation by John Eyre
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Date
3 July 1817
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7085
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Contents
1 folder - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
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Fonds
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Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 4194, frames 50-57 (MLMSS 7085)
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a306.html
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Contents
3 July 1817; Rowland Hassall, letter received from Pomare II, King of Tahiti, being a true copy and translation by John Eyre, ms. four pages. The letter, a true copy in John Eyre's hand, is written firstly in Tahitian language and then in English translation. Pomare begins the letter with greetings to Hassall and informs him that 'The word of God...
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Full title
Rowland Hassall - Letter received from Pomare II, King of Tahiti, 3 July 1817, being a true copy with translation by John Eyre
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General note
Digital order no: Album ID : 823895
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from Berkelouw's Booksellers in 2001
Administrative / Biographical history
Rowland Hassall (1768-1820) missionary, lay preacher, landholder and store keeper sailed for Tahiti with his family in 1796 on the London Missionary Society ship 'Duff'. Hassall arrived at Tahiti in March 1797 and in 1798 joined a group of missionaries who decided that it was unsafe to remain in Tahiti, and who travelled to Sydney aboard the ship...
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 7085
Record Identifier
1wN2oQjn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wN2oQjn
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Reference code
414062
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