William Charles Cotton journal 1841-1848
William Charles Cotton journal 1841-1848
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1841-1848
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Language
- Maori
- English
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
11 volumes of textual material - 23.5 cm. - watercolour, pencil, pen and ink sketches, portraits, maps and plans
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Finding aids
Transcriptions of the journals are attached to the individual records
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Volumes 1, 3-12 fully bound in brown leather with metal clasps.
The journals which are profusely illustrated were in some cases written up from his rough notes, and as each volume was finished it was sent to his sisters in England.
The illustrations are by his fellow missionaries, principally William Bambridge and Thomas Biddulph Hut...
Alternative Titles
Full title
William Charles Cotton journal 1841-1848
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Lists of items printed in Maori and English, illustrations and other insertions, compiled in the library are filed at DLMS.34n
Transferred from DLSPENCER 33
The Library does not hold Volume 2, April-August 1842. An abstract of Volume 2 is included with Volume 3
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Administrative / Biographical history
The Reverend William Cotton, missionary and apiarist, was domestic chaplain to Bishop Selwyn, first Church of England Bishop of New Zealand. Cotton sailed from England with Bishop Selwyn and was with him when he established his headquarters at Waimate on the Bay of Islands and there founded St John's College which he later transferred to Auckland....
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Record Identifier
YezdXlL9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezdXlL9
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Reference code
943013
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