George Augustus Selwyn letters, 6 January 1848-9 October 1854

DLMSQ 605

fonds

6 January, 1848-9 October, 1854

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings

944678

Microfilm : CY 3702, frames 199-212

1 volume of textual material (10 p.) - manuscript, facsimile of manuscript with pen and ink drawings - 29 cm.

George Augustus Selwyn, 1809-1878, first bishop of New Zealand, was born in England, went to Cambridge, was ordained deacon in 1833 and was appointed Bishop of New Zealand in 1846. The diocese also covered Melanesia. In 1848, Selwyn made a preliminary voyage to the island on H.M.S. Dido. Selwyn was appointed Bishop of Lichfield in 1868, while on a visit to England and died at Lichfield in 1878

a. Autograph letter signed to his father, William Selwyn, written on board H.M.S. Dido at Tonga Tabu, describing Tonga and the Tongans, 6 January 1848. Facsimile of manuscript with pen and ink drawings produced for Reverend H. W. Tucker's 'Memoir of the life and episcopate of George Augustus Selwyn'. London, 1881

b. Autograph letter signed to the Bishop of Salisbury regarding Melanesian Mission and the provision and maintenance of a mission vessel and the Melanesian school, 9 October 1854

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Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.