Letters from the Marsden family to Mary and John Stokes, 1794-1824, with related documents, 1885, 19...
Letters from the Marsden family to Mary and John Stokes, 1794-1824, with related documents, 1885, 19...
Letters from the Marsden family to Mary and John Stokes, 1794-1824, with related documents, 1885, 1962
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1794-1824, 1885, 1962
Call Numbers
MLMSS 719
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 volume of textual material - manuscript, carbon typescript & photocopies
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 175, frames 1-304 (MLMSS 719)
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D00007/a1755.html
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Letters from Samuel Marsden, 1794-1824, his wife, Elizabeth, 1794-1805, and his daughter Ann, Mrs. Thomas Hassall, 1813-1820, dealing with family matters, social conditions in the colony, missionary work in New Zealand, wool production, education and the state of religion in the colony.
The collection includes a covering letter to Miss Stok...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Letters from the Marsden family to Mary and John Stokes, 1794-1824, with related documents, 1885, 1962
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Photoprint copies also held
Some carbon typescript
Digital order no:Album ID : 823801
Description source
Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (4-103B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
Rev. Samuel Marsden, pioneer clergyman, missionary, farmer and sheepbreeder, arrived at Port Jackson in 1794. In 1807 he induced the Church Missionary Society to begin work in New Zealand. He pioneered sheepbreeding for wool in N.S.W.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 719
Record Identifier
nM7lQmAY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM7lQmAY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
423079
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