• Title
  Samuel Marsden - letter received from Sarah Marsden, ?19 November 1828
• Creator
  Samuel Marsden, 1765-1838
• Call number
  MLMSS 7069
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1828
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  404839
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 4583, frames 12-18 (MLMSS 7069)
  
• Physical Description
  1 folder - 0.01 Meters
  Textual Records - (manuscript)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Samuel Marsden (1765-1838), chaplain, missionary, magistrate and farmer, was born at Farsley, Yorkshire, England on 24 June 1765, son of Thomas Marsden. In 1790 the Elland Society, an evangelical group within the Church of England which sponsored the education for the ministry of promising youths, sent him to Magdalene College, Cambridge. This career was cut short when on 1 January 1793 he accepted the appointment (to which William Wilberforce had recommended him) as assistant to the Chaplain of New South Wales. Marsden married Elizabeth Fristan of Hull on 21 April 1793 and on 1 July they left for New South Wales. Their first child Ann was born on the voyage. Marsden was associated with St John's Church Parramatta from its opening in 1803 when he became its first Rector, until his death on 12 May 1838. He was survived by a son and five daughters, his wife having predeceased him three years previously.
  
  At times a controversial figure, Marsden was involved in many aspects of colonial life including farming, in which he became interested soon after his arrival in the colony. From 1802, by which time he had acquired 201 acres in grants and 239 acres purchased from other settlers, his holdings gradually increased to 3,631 acres by grant and 1,600 by purchase in 1827. In 1803-05 he made several reports to Governor King and to Sir Joseph Banks on the prospect of sheep breeding and woolgrowing, and by the time some four years later when a large consignment of his wool was sold in England, Marsden had become an important promoter of the wool staple.
  
  Sarah Marsden was a widow with a nine year old son at the time of her marriage to Samuel Marsden's cousin.
• Scope and Content
  1828; Manuscript letter signed. Undated, but 'Novr. 19 1828' written on back. Postmarked 'No19 1828 Leeds' and '21No 1828 London'. From Sarah Marsden, writing from Leeds, England on family and businesss matters. She acquaints Samuel Marsden with her twenty-eight year old son's desire to settle in New South Wales, and seeks his advice; discusses the health of other family members; expresses concern that she has not received an acknowledgment of receipt of goods valued at over Four hundred and fifty pounds sterling, sent to Samuel Marsden in 1827, despite having written on several occasions; and discusses other business matters generally. The post script is by Sarah Marsden's son. The main text of his letter to Samuel Marsden is lacking. (Call No.: MSS 7069)
• Finding Aids
  Read transcription here: archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a334.html
• General note
  
  Digital order no: Album ID : 823913
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Marsden, Sarah
  
• Name
  Marsden family
  
• Subject
  Church of England--New South Wales--Clergy.
  Marsden family - Correspondence.
  Wool industry--New South Wales.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3148358

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