• Title
  Letter written by Thomas and Anne Hassall to Miss J. (Jane) Walters of Perth, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, 31 January 1825 and 15 February 1825
• Creator
  Jane Walters
• Call number
  MLMSS 9629
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  31 January 1825 and 15 February 1825
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  1222978
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Thomas Hassall (1794-1868), Anglican clergyman, was born at Coventry, England, the eldest child of missionaries Rowland and Elizabeth Hassall. He grew up in Parramatta, New South Wales, and in 1817 sailed for England in order to study for the ministry, being ordained in 1821. He preached his first Australian sermon in 1822 at St. John's, Parramatta, where he was curate to Samuel Marsden. By 1824 he was appointed a colonial chaplain, his first appointment being to the penal settlement at Port Macquarie where he was authorised to build a church. The foundation stone of St Thomas’ Church was laid that year. In 1926 Hassall was appointed to the Bathurst district, and later served in other parishes to the south-west of Sydney.
  Ann Hassall, who usually signed her name 'Anne', was the eldest daughter of Samuel Marsden and his wife Elizabeth, nee Fristan. She was born in 1794 aboard the ship 'William' which was carrying Marsden and his wife to Port Jackson. She and Thomas Hassall were married in 1822. Ann Hassall died in 1885.
  
  Reference:
  Australian Dictionary of Biography. http://adb.anu.edu.au/ (accessed 31 December 2014)
• Scope and Content
  Letter written by both Thomas and Ann Hassall from Port Macquarie, New South Wales, sent by the ship ‘Hope’ to Miss J. (Jane) Walters of Perth, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, 31 January 1825 and 15 February 1825. The three-and-a-half page letter acknowledges gifts sent by Miss Walters and also includes Thomas Hassall’s comments on various sermons and those who delivered them.
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright
  Research & study copies allowed: Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcription here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D34256/c03088.html
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1288329
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Hassall, Thomas, 1794-1868
  Hassall, Ann, 1794-1885
  
• Subject
  Church of England--Clergy--Correspondence.
  Clergy--New South Wales--Correspondence.
  
• Place
  Port Macquarie (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE760461

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