Marsden, Samuel
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1765 - 1838
Biography
Marsden was ordained in 1793. He went to Sydney as a missionary in 1794, and while there grew interested in establishing a mission for Maori in New Zealand. This mission was finally established in 1814 in the Bay of Islands. Marsden visited the New Zealand mission several times between 1814 and 1837. He died in Sydney in 1838.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Alfred Hamish Reed papers
Collection
Identifier: Arch 0337
Scope and Contents
Autograph letters of famous people of England and New Zealand, mounted in album by A.H. Reed, with his annotations and decorative lettering. Includes some portraits.The letters are from people famous in artistic, literary, philanthropic, political and other spheres, including one from Queen Victoria herself, to the Duke of Wellington. Letters with New Zealand connections are from Samuel Marsden, Julius von Haast, Joseph Banks,Bishop Harper, Thomas Woolner and Lord Lyttelton....
Dates:
1647-1906
Samuel Marsden letters
Collection
Identifier: Arch 0631
Scope and Contents
Photocopied manuscript of one 1820 letter from Samuel Marsden, an 1836 letter to Marsden, and two unsigned and undated letters, one very possibly from a grandson or granddaughter of Marsden.
Dates:
c1820-1830