Guide to the Papers of Bishop George Augustus Selwyn (as filmed by AJCP)
M590, M1093-M1100
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2019
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Selwyn, George A. , 1809-1878
- Title
- Papers of Bishop George Augustus Selwyn (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1831 - 1952
- Collection Number
- M590, M1093-M1100
- Extent
- 617 items
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Australian Joint Copying Project
- Sponsor
- The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Journal of Bishop Selwyn January 1843 to March 1844 including copies of letters, details of missions, notes in the Maori language and sketches.
Journal of a voyage to Melanesia, July - November 1857. Recorded on board Southern Cross travelling to Norfolk Island, the New Hebrides, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia.
Correspondence of Bishop George Selwyn. Main correspondents include William Selwyn, Reverend Edward Coleridge, Reverend Edward Hawkins, Laetitia Selwyn, J.M. Herbert, Captain A.H. Markham, Archbishop William Howley, Sarah Selwyn, Reverend William Cotton. Subjects include: conditions and plans of the New Zealand Church, financial and land concerns, relations with Maori communities, education of children, journeys through the Pacific and to England, St. John's College, Maori Wars, social and domestic news.
Addresses presented to Bishop Selwyn mostly upon his departure from New Zealand in 1868.
Correspondence of Sarah Selwyn. Main correspondents include: Fanny Selwyn, Mary Palmer, Reverend Edward Coleridge, Caroline Palmer, Miss Parker, Reverend William Cotton, Sarah Cotton, Phoebe Cotton. Subjects include: Death of Reverend Thomas Whytehead, St. Johns College, Bishop Selwyn, journey and arrival in New Zealand, family and social news, receipts of gifts.
Papers of Bishop Selwyn including sketches, photographs, addresses, newspaper clippings, published material and reports.
Sermons of Bishop Selwyn delivered in Windsor, Eton and throughout New Zealand.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers relating to Bishop Selwyn. Main correspondents include: Sir George Grey, Bishop John C. Patteson, Reverend Edward Coleridge, Reverend Charles Abraham, Reverent Hawtrey, Caroline Abraham, Reverend William Cotton, Sarah Cotton, Phoebe Cotton, Arthur Cotton, Agnes Cotton, Henry Cotton, Reverend William Dudley, Thomas Hutton, Reverend Gilbert, Mary Ann Martin. Subjects include: Arrival of Selwyn, voyages and journeys taken in the Pacific region, relations with Maori communities, Bishop Selwyn's decisions and activities, St. John's College, Norfolk Island, John Heke's attack, Wairau massacre and results, social and domestic news, missionary matters,
Letterbook. Main correspondents include: Dandeson Coates, Reverend H. Cowper, Reverend Geroge Clarke, R. Davis, Church Missionary Society, Reverend Henry Venn, Reverend Octavius Hadfield, Reverend Henry Williams, Captain George Grey, Reverend George Kissling, Reverend William Williams. Subjects include: Church Missionary Society, land purchases, money payments, missionaries, grants of land made by Maoris, Maori war and impact on missionaries, land question.
Letters patent includes appointment of George Selwyn as Bishop of New Zealand and royal letters patent.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copy right. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
Preferred Citation
Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February-23 September 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-987654321)
Archival History
Filmed at Selwyn College, Cambridge, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1965, 1979 (AJCP Reels: M590, M1093-M1100). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
The records on reel M590 were copied in 1965 and at the time were housed in four boxes. A few years later the Selwyn Papers were completely reorganised and itemised and the Australian Joint Copying Project was able to film a much larger selection of papers in 1979.
The order of the records on reel M590 therefore bears little resemblance to the new arrangement. Wherever possible, the current location of an item is noted in square brackets at the end of the description. The records filmed on reels M1093-1100 follow the current order of the archives.
The legibility of Reels M1098 and M1100 is poor.
Existence and Location of Originals
Selwyn College, Grange Road, Cambridge, England.
Collection reference: SEPP/SEL. For further information see Bishop George Selwyn at the Selwyn Archives. [http://www.sel.cam.ac.uk/selwyn-college/selwyn-archives]
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8049743] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Finding Aid Note
This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2019. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.
Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.
Advisory Statement
Maori and Pacific Islander people are advised that this Finding Aid contains material and descriptive information which may be considered culturally sensitive and may cause distress. This Finding Aid contains terms that reflect authors' views or those of the historical period, but which may not be considered appropriate today. While the information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided in an historical context.
Subjects
Abraham, Caroline; Abraham, Charles J., Bishop; Anglican Church: Melanesia; Anglican Church: New Zealand; Auckland, New Zealand; Broughton, William G., Bishop; Chatham Islands, Pacific Ocean; Church buildings: New Zealand; Church Missionary Society; Clergymen; Coates, D.; Coleridge, Edward, Rev.; Cotton, William C., Rev.; Education; Germans in the Pacific; Gold and goldmining: New Zealand; Grey, Sir George, Governor; Howley, William, Archbishop; Hutton, T.B., Rev.; Land: New Zealand; Lichfield, England; Maori; Maori: missions and missionaries; Maps, plans and charts; Maps, plans and charts: Melanesia; Maps, plans and charts: New Zealand; Markham, Sir Albert H.; Martin, Mary Ann, Lady; Martin, Sir William; Melanesian Mission; Methodist Church: New Zealand; Mission ships; Missions and missionaries: New Zealand; Missions and missionaries: Pacific Islands; New Zealand; New Zealand Company; New Zealand Wars; Pacific Islands; Pacific labour trade; Paintings, drawings and paintings: Auckland, New Zealand; Paintings, drawings and prints: Pacific Islands; Patteson, John C., Bishop; Photographs: New Zealand; Plymouth, England; Religion; Rosario, HMS (ship); Royal Navy: voyages; Selwyn College, Cambridge, England; Selwyn, George A., Bishop; Selwyn, John R., Bishop; Selwyn, Sarah; Southern Cross, mission ship; St John's College, Auckland, New Zealand; Tomatin (ship); Venn, Henry; Waimate, New Zealand; Williams, Henry, Archdeacon
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying project handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 410, p. 159-160. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-397322928]
Biographical / Historical
George Augustus Selwyn (1809-1878) was born in London, the son of William Selwyn, K.C. He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge, graduating as a B.A. in 1831 and a M.A. in 1834. He was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1834 and served in the parish of Windsor. He married Sarah Richardson in 1838. He was consecrated the first Bishop of New Zealand on 17 October 1841 and left for New Zealand in December 1841.
He was first based at Waimate, near the Bay of Islands, and immediately began the arduous journeys that were a feature of his bishopric. He moved to Auckland in 1844. In 1847-1851 he made annual cruises to the islands of Melanesia. Selwyn visited England in 1854-1855 and enlisted the services of the Reverend John Patteson, the future Bishop of Melanesia, and secured a missionary schooner, Southern Cross. In 1856-1858 the original diocese was divided into New Zealand (later Auckland), Christchurch, Waiapu, Wellington and Nelson and Selwyn was made Primate. A strong advocate of Maori rights, he was disheartened by the war which broke out in Taranaki in 1863. He attended the Lambeth Conference in 1867 and was enthroned as Bishop of Lichfield on 9 January 1868. He made a farewell visit to New Zealand in July 1868. As a memorial to his life, Selwyn College, Cambridge, was founded in 1882.
Sarah Selwyn (1809-1907) was the daughter of Sir John Richardson, a judge in the Court of Common Pleas. She married George Selwyn on 25 June 1838. Two of their sons were Anglican priests. William Selwyn (1840-1914) was the vicar of Bromfield, Salop, from 1866 to 1907 and was secretary of the English Melanesian Committee for 35 years. John Richardson Selwyn (1844-1898) joined the Melanesian Mission in 1873 and was Bishop of Melanesia from 1877 to 1890.
Charles John Abraham (1814-1903) was educated at Eton and Cambridge University and was ordained a priest in 1839. He was a master at Eton and a lecturer in divinity at St George's Chapel, Windsor. He married Caroline Palmer, a cousin of Sarah Selwyn, in 1850. They migrated to New Zealand in the same year and Abraham was appointed Master of St John's College, Auckland. He became Archdeacon of Waitemata in 1853. He visited England in 1857-1858 and was consecrated the first Bishop of Wellington in 1858. He returned to England in 1870 and was coadjutor to the Bishop of Lichfield until his retirement in 1890.
Edward Coleridge (1800-1883) was educated at Eton and Oxford University, graduating as a M.A. in 1825. He was appointed an assistant master at Eton in 1824 and lower master in 1850. In 1857 he became a fellow of Eton and rector of Mapledurham, Oxfordshire. He was the uncle of John Coleridge Patteson, the Bishop of Melanesia.
William Charles Cotton (1813-1879), the son of a businessman and philanthropist, was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1836. He was ordained as a priest in 1839 and was curate in the parish of Windsor in 1839-1841. He accompanied Bishop Selwyn to New Zealand in 1841-1842 and was his domestic chaplain and headmaster of the mission school at Waimate. He moved to Auckland in 1844 and established St John's College. He returned to England in 1848. He was the Rector of Frodsham, Cheshire, from 1857 until his death.
Reference: Allan K. Davidson, ed. A controversial churchman: essays on George Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand and Lichfield, and Sarah Selwyn, Wellington, 2011.
Item Descriptions
Series. Journals and other papers of Selwyn, 27 July 1842 - November 1857
13 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M590.
Journal of Bishop Selwyn, January 1843 - March 1844 (File [Section E, 5.j])
Written in a small notebook, the diary contains copies of letters, notes in the Maori language, topographical notes, details of missions, statistics, notes of marriages, and sketches.
It includes records of journeys from Waimate and Auckland to Waikato, Whangarei, Bay of Islands, Kaitaia, Mangakahia, Hauraki, Rotorua, Taupo, Whakapapa, Wanganui. Taranaki, New Plymouth, Nelson, Wellington, Otaki, Timaru, Ruapuke, Stewart's Island and Whakaraupo.
Journal of a voyage to Melanesia, July 1857 - November 1857 (File [Section D, 6.j])
The journal contains a letter, addressed to Selwyn's sons, and records a voyage by Selwyn and Reverend John C. Patteson on the Southern Cross to Norfolk Island, the New Hebrides, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia. It includes maps and sketches (64pp.).
Selwyn to his father, William Selwyn, September 1849 - March 1850 (File)
Detailed account of his voyage to New Caledonia and the New Hebrides on the Undine and the Havannah. (3 letters)
Selwyn (Ruapuke Harbour) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 26 January 1851 (File [Box 7, 30.e])
Voyage of Undine; decline in Maori population; education. (Incomplete)
Selwyn (Auckland) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 20 December 1850 (File [Box 7, 29.e])
Purchase of a vessel; 1850 is an 'annus mirabilis'. (Incomplete)
Selwyn (Auckland) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 11 May 1847 (File [Box 7, 23.3])
Birthday greetings; family news; contributions to Church Fund.
Selwyn (Nelson) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 14 December 1843 (File [Box 7, 6.e])
A Maori congregation; Nelson; funding of Church buildings. (Incomplete)
Selwyn to [Reverend Edward Hawkins], [July 1843] (File [Box 8, 14.8])
Land purchases by New Zealand Company; affray at Nelson; Te Rauparaha. (Incomplete)
Selwyn (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 27 July 1842 (File [Box 7, 1.e])
Sydney; journey to New Zealand.
Series. Addresses presented to Bishop Selwyn, 1868 - 1871
The bulk of the addresses were presented to Selwyn on his departure from New Zealand in 1868 by clergy, laymen, civic officials and the colonists of New Zealand. [Section B]
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M590.
Series. Letters of Sarah Selwyn, 18 January 1842 - 1862
41 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M590.
Sarah Selwyn (Tomahu [sic.]) to her aunt, 18 January 1842 - 20 January 1842 (File [Box 17, 49.e])
Voyage from England. (copy)
Includes letter from H.H. Norris to [unknown], 1844.
Sarah Selwyn (Sydney) to Fanny Selwyn, 28 April 1842 (File [Box 17, 46.d])
Stay at Sydney; prospects in New Zealand. (Copy)
Sarah Selwyn (Paihia) to [unknown], 6 July 1842 (File [Box 17, 51.e])
Arrival in New Zealand. (copy)
Sarah Selwyn (Bay of Islands) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 28 October 1842 (File [Box 17, 11.b])
Establishment in New Zealand.
Sarah Selwyn (Waimate) to [Caroline Palmer], 25 March 1843 (File [Box 17, 41.c])
Early days in New Zealand. (Copy)
Sarah Selwyn to Caroline Palmer, 11 April 1843 (File [Box 17, 42.c])
Development of a school. (copy)
Sarah Selwyn (Pa Heki) to Mary [Palmer], 10 May 1843 (File [Box 17, 45.c])
Absence of Bishop Selwyn; developments in New Zealand. (copy)
Sarah Selwyn (Paihia) to [Caroline Palmer], 3 July 1843 (File [Box 17, 43.c])
Ill health of Sarah Selwyn. (copy)
Sarah Selwyn (Keri Keri) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 9 October 1843 (File [Box 17, 12.b])
Plans and establishment in New Zealand.
Sarah Selwyn (Auckland) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 24 October 1843 (File [Box 17, 13.b])
Plans of Bishop Selwyn.
Sarah Selwyn to Mrs Coleridge, East[er?] Monday 1844 (File [Box 17, 14.b])
Receipt of a box; prices; people in New Zealand; schools.
Sarah Selwyn (Waimate) to Mrs Coleridge, 3 July 1844 (File [Box 17, 15.b])
Health of Bishop Selwyn; Mrs Bambridge's baby; Reverend. William Cotton; postal matters.
Sarah Selwyn (Auckland) to Fanny Selwyn, 10 December 1844 (File [Box 17, 48.d])
Comparative comfort in New Zealand.
Sarah Selwyn (Waimate) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 9 July 1844 (File [Box 17, 16.b])
Arrival of package; gratitude. (incomplete)
Sarah Selwyn (Auckland) to Miss Parker, 1 April 1846 - 4 April 1846 (File)
Thanks for drawings and microscope for Willie Selwyn; travels of Bishop Selwyn; Reverend. Fitzherbert Marriott in Van Diemen's Land; mutual friends.
Sarah Selwyn (Auckland) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 3 August 1846 (File [Box 17, 17.b])
Mrs Dudley's illness; Reverend William Cotton; sorrow.
Sarah Selwyn (Taurarua) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 3 November 1848 (File [Box 17, 18.b])
Illness of Reverend William Cotton; departure of Willy for England. (incomplete)
Sarah Selwyn (Auckland) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 27 May 1850 (File [Box 17, 19.b])
Arrival of friends; personal matters.
Sarah Selwyn [Auckland] to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 23 August 1857 (File [Box 17, 38.b])
Receipt of gift. (incomplete)
Sarah Selwyn [Auckland] to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 3 June 1852 (File [Box 17, 20.b])
Acknowledges gift; Bishop Selwyn. (incomplete)
Sarah Selwyn [Auckland] to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 23 October 1852 (File [Box 17, 21.b])
Education of New Zealand girls.
Sarah Selwyn (Taurarua) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 3 June 1853 (File [Box 17, 22.b])
Bishop Selwyn; future plans.
Sarah Selwyn (Taurarua) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 29 October 1853 (File [Box 17, 23.b])
Impending return to England; children.
Sarah Selwyn (London) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 28 May 1854 (File [Box 17, 24.b])
Meetings since her return to England.
Sarah Selwyn (London) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge]: impending departure, 15 January 1855 (File [Box 17, 27.b])
Sarah Selwyn (London) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge]: delayed departure, 31 January 1855 (File [Box 17, 28.b])
Sarah Selwyn (London) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge]: impending departure, 8 February 1855 (File [Box 17, 30.b])
Sarah Selwyn (London) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], February 1855 (File [Box 17, 31-35.b])
Delays in departure. (5 letters)
Sarah Selwyn (Windsor) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge]: family news, 22 November [1854] (File [Box 17, 26.b])
Sarah Selwyn (London) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 23 June [1854] (File [Box 17, 25.b])
Activities of Bishop Selwyn and his father, Reverend William Selwyn.
Sarah Selwyn (Taurarua) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 14 July 1855 (File [Box 17, 37.b])
Arrival in New Zealand; plans.
[Sarah Selwyn] (at sea) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 3 March 1859 (File)
Travels around North Island; recollections of year in England. (incomplete)
Series. Miscellaneous papers, 6 August 1831 - 1906
24 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M590.
Selwyn (Tonga Tabu) to his father, William Selwyn (Epiphany), 1848 (File)
Impressions of Tonga; journeys; schools; Reverend John Thomas, Wesleyan missionary. Includes sketches.
Selwyn (Duke of Portland) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge?], [1855] (File)
Voyage to New Zealand; looks forward to Charles Abraham as Bishop of Auckland and John C. Paterson as Bishop of Melanesia.
William Fox (Auckland) to Selwyn, 26 July 1864 (File)
Letter from Secretary of State thanking Selwyn for his services to General Cameron and troops in action at Rangiaowhia.
Edward Cardwell (London) to Sir George Grey, 23 May 1864 (File)
Thanks to Selwyn for his services at Rangiaowhia. (copy)
Sir George Bowen (Wellington) to Duke of Buckingham, 26 October 1868 (File)
Departure of Selwyn from New Zealand; address from colonists; nomination of Bishop Henry Harper as his successor as Primate of New Zealand.
Selwyn to Lady Martin (San Christobel), 3 September 1861 (File)
Letters from England; visit to Solomon Islands; language; missionaries. (incomplete)
Bishop John C. Patteson (Norfolk Island) to Captain Hope, 26 May 1868 (File)
'Native labour' question; treatment of islanders from New Hebrides sent to New Caledonia and Fiji.
Bishop John C. Patteson (Norfolk Island) to Bishop Charles Abraham, 27 February 1869 (File)
Mutual friends; theological questions. Typescript copy.
Captain A.H. Markham (London) to Selwyn, 13 May 1872 (File)
Speech by Selwyn on reprisals alleged to have been taken by HMS Rosario on natives of Nukapu following murder of Bishop Patteson.
Captain A.H. Markham to Selwyn, 18 May 1872 (File)
Sends report of proceedings of HMS Rosario presented to Parliament.
Reverend Charles Brooke. Account of the death of Bishop John C. Patteson at Nukapu. (5pp.), 20 September 1871 (File)
Series. Correspondence and other papers, 6 August 1831 - 26 April 1952
354 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M1093-M1096.
Reverend Charles Abraham (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge (Eton), 13 July 1850 (File 1.a (Box 1))
Colombo College; Bishop W.G. Broughton; agenda for Selwyn's Synod; 'convict spirit'.
Reverend Charles Abraham (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 13 August 1850 (File 2.a (Box 1))
Virtues of Bishop Selwyn.
Reverend Charles Abraham (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 3 January [1852] (File 3.a (Box 1))
Commencement of work at St John's College; problem of endowing the bishopric.
Reverend Charles Abraham (Auckland) to [Reverend] Edward Coleridge, 11 May 1852 (File 4.a (Box 1))
Shortage of young converts; domestic matters.
Reverend Charles Abraham (Auckland) to [Reverend] Edward Coleridge, 28 August 1852 (File 5.a (Box 1))
Selwyn's vessel Border Maid; problems with Melanesian Mission; threat of Rome; complacency of Church Missionary Society.
Reverend Charles Abraham (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 25 September 1852 (File 6.a (Box 1))
Domestic matters; St John's College.
Reverend Charles Abraham (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 20 June 1853 (File 7.a (Box 1))
Death of W.G. Broughton, Bishop of Australia; speculation concerning his successor.
Reverend Charles Abraham (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 6 July 1854 (File 8.a (Box 1))
Trouble over Selwyn's departure and division of the diocese.
Reverend Charles Abraham (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge: St John's College, 15 March 1855 (File 9.a (Box 1))
Reverend Charles Abraham to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 11 October 1855 (File 10.a (Box 1))
Selwyn's role in negotiating with sealers.
Bishop Charles Abraham (Wellington) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 20 May 1860 (File 11.a (Box 1))
Coleridge; latest Maori war.
Reverend Charles Abraham (Auckland) to Reverend Hawtrey, 16 September 1850 (File 12.b (Box 1))
State of affairs of the Church in New Zealand; education; finance. Printed.
Extracts from journal of Reverend Charles Abraham, St Andrew's Day, 1852 (File 14.b (Box 1))
Selwyn and the Church Missionary Society.
Reverend Charles Abraham. Journal of a walk with the Bishop of New Zealand from Auckland to Taranaki in August 1855, London, S.P.C.K., 1856 (File 15.b (Box 1))
Caroline Abraham (at sea) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 11 May 1850 (File 16.c (Box 1))
Birthday greetings; voyage; recollections of Eton.
Caroline Abraham (Sydney) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 18 July 1850 (File 17.c (Box 1))
Sojourn in Sydney; Bishop W.G. Broughton; departure for Auckland.
Caroline Abraham [Auckland], 16 March 1853 (File 18.c (Box 1))
Division of the diocese; friends in England.
Caroline Abraham to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 1 October 1853 (File 19.c (Box 1))
Arrival of box; working arrangement of Selwyn and Abraham.
Caroline Abraham (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 3 January 1855 (File 20.c (Box 1))
Domestic matters; death of Coleridge's brother.
Caroline Abraham [Auckland] to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 1855 (File 21.c (Box 1))
Feast of the Purification.
Caroline Abraham (Taurarua) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 13 July 1855 (File 22.c (Box 1))
Return of Bishop and Mrs Selwyn.
Caroline Abraham [Auckland] to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 12 March (File 23.c (Box 1))
Arrival at Auckland; failure of plan to endow bishopric.
Caroline Abraham to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 14 July (File 24.c (Box 1))
Baptism of old Maori woman; impending arrival of Bishop of Newcastle.
Caroline Abraham [Auckland] to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 10 August 1850 (File 25.c (Box 1))
Arrival in New Zealand.
Canon T.W. Stack. 'Reminiscences of St John's College in the 1840s', Auckland Weekly News, c. 1897 (File 26.a (Box 1))
The Provincial College of St John the Evangelist, Tamaki, Auckland, Auckland, Brett Printing and Publishing Co., 1907 (File 29.a (Box 1))
Three pamphlets relating to the proposed reorganisation of St John's College, August 1907 - September 1907 (File 30.a (Box 1))
(Reverend Edward Coleridge ?) Letter concerning educational needs in Australasia, [London], 18 December 1842 (File 32.b (Box 1))
Letter of Bishop W.G. Broughton: Selwyn's stay in Sydney. (extracts), 17 June 1842 (File 33.a (Box 1))
(Jane Bolland ?) (Taranaki) to Reverend William Cotton, 14 July 1844 (File 34.a (Box 1))
Fear of Maoris; missionary matters. (incomplete)
Jane Bolland (Taranaki) to Reverend William Cotton: friendship; Selwyn, 4 August (File 35.a (Box 1))
Reverend William Bolland to Reverend William Cotton, 4 August (File 36.b (Box 1))
Selwyn and his mission in New Zealand.
Reverend William Cotton (at sea) to his sisters: voyage; Selwyn (copy), 30 December 1841 (File 2.a (Box 2))
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to his sisters, 28 January 1842 [1843?] (File 3.a (Box 2))
Unpacking and erection of font; Thomas Whytehead.
Reverend William Cotton (Sydney) to his mother Sarah Cotton, 14 April 1842 (File 5.a (Box 2))
Arrival at Sydney.
Reverend William Cotton [Sydney] to his brothers and sisters, 4 May 1842 (File 6.a (Box 2))
Voyage to Sydney; birds.
Reverend William Cotton [Sydney] to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 4 May 1842 (File 7.a (Box 2))
Stay in Sydney.
Reverend William Cotton (Sydney) to his mother Sarah Cotton, 8 May 1842 (File 8.a (Box 2))
Stay in Sydney.
Reverend William Cotton (Sydney) to his sister Sarah Cotton: acknowledgment, 9 May 1842 (File 9.a (Box 2))
Reverend William Cotton (at sea) to his sister Sarah Cotton, 25 May 1842 - 14 June 1842 (File 11.a (Box 2))
Voyage to New Zealand; mission to investigate tribal warfare.
Reverend William Cotton (Paihia) to his sister Sarah Cotton, 27 June 1842 (File 12.a (Box 2))
Journeys with Selwyn; arrival of Sarah Selwyn; illness of Thomas Whytehead.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to his sister Sarah Cotton, 19 July 1842 (File 13.a (Box 2))
Sarah's birthday; life at Waimate in absence of Selwyn.
Reverend William Cotton. Draft of a story entitled 'Cottage walls', sent to his sister Sarah Cotton, 19 July 1842 (File 14.a (Box 2))
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to his sister Sarah Cotton, 7 August 1842 (File 15.a (Box 2))
Perils of mail service; attractive nature of Selwyn's child.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to his sister Sarah Cotton, 16 August [1842] (File 16.a (Box 2))
Life at Waimate.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to his sister Sarah Cotton, 23 August 1842 (File 17.a (Box 2))
Death of Sarah Selwyn's brother.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 2 September 1842 (File 18.a (Box 2))
Sarah Selwyn; illness of the Governor; land problems of settlers.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to his sister Sarah Cotton, 22 September 1842 (File 19.a (Box 2))
Death of their brother; Sarah Selwyn's loss of her brother; illness of Thomas Whytehead.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 23 September 1842 (File 20.a (Box 2))
Arrival of letters from England and from Selwyn.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 4 October 1842 (File 21.a (Box 2))
Domestic matters.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 9 October 1842 (File 22.a (Box 2))
Selwyn's visitation; Maori Reserve Fund in Nelson.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 2 November 1842 (File 23.a (Box 2))
Arrival of Thomas Whytehead; his illness; William and Elizabeth Dudley; absence of Selwyn.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 10 November 1842 (File 24.a (Box 2))
Death of Reverend W. Evans; illness of Thomas Whytehead.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 13 November 1842 (File 25.a (Box 2))
Rumours of Edward Coleridge's appointment as Bishop of Van Diemen's Land; letter from Walsh on difficulties in Australia; illness of Thomas Whytehead.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to his father William Cotton, 16 November 1842 (File 26.a (Box 2))
Despatch of box containing his journal.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton: domestic matters, 3 December 1842 (File 27.a (Box 2))
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Arthur Cotton: killing of pet dog, 7 December 1842 (File 28.a (Box 2))
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 24 December 1842 (File 29.a (Box 2))
News of Selwyn; problems over land settlement at Port Nicholson; condition of Thomas Whytehead; domestic matters.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 26 December 1842 (File 30.a (Box 2))
Willie Selwyn; illness of Thomas Whytehead; return of Bishop Selwyn.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 1 January 1843 (File 31.a (Box 2))
News of Selwyn; Maori unrest.
Reverend William Cotton to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 28 January 1843 (File 32.a (Box 2))
Two marriages; music at services. (incomplete)
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 14 February 1843 (File 33.a (Box 2))
Illness of William Dudley; erection of a wooden house for him; agricultural matters.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton: postal arrangements, 24 February 1843 (File 34.a (Box 2))
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 28 February 1842 [1843?] (File 35.a (Box 2))
Illness of Thomas Whytehead; postal problems.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 10 April 1843 (File 36.a (Box 2))
Death of Thomas Whytehead; news of other deaths received from home.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to his sister Sarah Cotton, 15 April [1843] (File 37.a (Box 2))
Temporary supervision of the school.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Agnes Cotton, Easter Eve 1843 (File 38.a (Box 2))
Reply to letter; domestic matters.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Phoebe Cotton; Easter Tuesday, 1843 (File 39.a (Box 2))
Reply to letter; domestic matters.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to his mother Sarah Cotton: domestic matters, 19 April 1843 (File 40.a (Box 2))
Reverend William Cotton to his father William Cotton, 20 April 1843 (File 41.a (Box 2))
Organisation and difficulties of missionary activity in a native society; threat of Roman Catholic missionaries; financial considerations.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to H. Cotton, 21 April 1843 (File 42.a (Box 2))
Domestic matters; school.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Arthur Cotton, 21 April 1843 (File 43.a (Box 2))
Death of Teddy; horticultural matters.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to his sister Sarah Cotton, 1 May 1843 (File 44.a (Box 2))
Family matters; apparent misunderstanding.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 13 May 1843 (File 45 (Box 2))
Impending arrival of a letter from Sarah Selwyn.
Reverend William Cotton (Pa Heke) to Phoebe Cotton, 13 May 1843 (File 46.a (Box 2))
Birthday greetings; troubles with servants; Sarah Selwyn unwell; absence of Bishop Selwyn.
Reverend William Cotton (Pa Heke) to his sister Sarah Cotton, 10 May 1843 (File 47.a (Box 2))
Selwyn's journeys; Davis; domestic matters.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 15 May 1843 (File 48.a (Box 2))
Books; return of Selwyn.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to his mother Sarah Cotton, 30 May 1843 (File 49.a (Box 2))
Survey of his first year in New Zealand; Rev. Henry Williams; problems confronting Selwyn.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 31 May 1843 (File 50.a (Box 2))
Request for a second font; Sarah Selwyn's health; Selwyn's intention to devote two thirds of his income to the Church.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 7 July 1843 (File 1.a (Box 3))
Letter to the Dean and Chapter.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 30 June 1843 (File 2.a (Box 3))
Impending arrival of a letter to the Dean.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to his sister Sarah Cotton, 19 July 1843 (File 3.a (Box 3))
Birthday greetings; Cotton's journey to Olana.
Reverend William Cotton (Kaikohe), 5 August 1843 (File 4.a (Box 3))
Journey to Kaikohe; Selwyn's trip; Sarah Selwyn's illness.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 3 September 1843 (File 5.a (Box 3))
Arrival of letters; Selwyn's journeys; Rollands; Sarah Selwyn; ecclesiastical gossip.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Phoebe Cotton, 13 September [1843] (File 6.a (Box 3))
Arrival of letters; failure of box of clothes to arrive.
Reverend William Cotton (Bay of Islands) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 3 October 1843 (File 7.a (Box 3))
Impending departure with Selwyn for the South; Maoris; missionaries.
Reverend William Cotton (Hauraki), 21 October 1843 (File 8.a (Box 3))
Journey; financial matters; Selwyn's plan for ending the Wesleyan schism.
Reverend William Cotton (Rotorua) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 31 October 1843 (File 9.a (Box 3))
Chapman; Catechist at Rotorua.
Reverend William Cotton (Orana) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 4 November 1843 (File 10.a (Box 3))
Geography of the area; problems with Maoris; personal needs.
Reverend William Cotton (Makokomiko) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 16 November 1843 (File 11.a (Box 3))
Journey with Selwyn; the land question.
Reverend William Cotton (Wellington) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 9 December 1843 (File 12.a (Box 3))
Journey with Selwyn.
Reverend William Cotton (Wellington) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton: journey with Selwyn, 19 December 1843 (File 13.a (Box 3))
Reverend William Cotton (Wellington) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 1 January 1844 (File 14.a (Box 3))
Journey; studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, and financial implications.
Reverend William Cotton (at sea) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 8 January 1844 (File 15.a (Box 3))
Voyage to Nelson and then on to Auckland; departure of Selwyn for the South.
Reverend William Cotton (Taranaki) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 30 January 1844 (File 16.a (Box 3))
Conditions and topography of Taranaki; Maoris; horticulture.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Agnes Cotton: birthday greetings, 27 February 1844 (File 17.a (Box 3))
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 23 February [1844] (File 18.a (Box 3))
Return to Auckland; Governor Fitzroy and Mary Fitzroy; personal matters.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah Selwyn, 4 March 1844 (File 19.a (Box 3))
Conditions at St John's College.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 7 March 1844 - 8 March 1844 (File 20.a (Box 3))
Arrival of box from England; misunderstanding over correspondence with their father; horticulture.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Phoebe Cotton, 8 March 1844 (File 21.a (Box 3))
Rejection of Cotton's love by M.E.H.
Reverend William Cotton (Kororareka) to William Cotton, 18 March 1844 (File 22.a (Box 3))
Impending arrival of Selwyn from Auckland.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 19 March 1844 (File 23.a (Box 3))
Return of Selwyn; children in the school.
Reverend William Cotton to his mother Sarah Cotton, 15 April 1844 (File 25.a (Box 3))
Relationship with M.E.H.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Phoebe Cotton, 8 May 1844 (File 26.a (Box 3))
Birthday greetings; establishment at the Waimate.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Henry Cotton, 20 May 1844 (File 27.a (Box 3))
Birthday greetings; school life; bad state of the Church in Australia.
Reverend William Cotton to Phoebe Cotton, 21 May 1844 (File 28.a (Box 3))
Goods to be forwarded; birth of a son to Sarah Selwyn.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to his mother Sarah Cotton, 21 May 1844 (File 29.a (Box 3))
Her birthday; Sarah Selwyn's baby; native schools.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to his mother Sarah Cotton, 31 May 1844 (File 30.a (Box 3))
Birthday greetings; Sarah Selwyn's son.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 17 June 1844 (File 31.a (Box 3))
Willie Selwyn; Sarah Selwyn; an unexpected visitor.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to his sister Sarah Cotton, 17 July 1844 (File 32.a (Box 3))
Her birthday; Sarah Selwyn's baby; conflict of authority between Selwyn and the Church Missionary Society; Cotton's journal.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 24 July 1844 (File 33.a (Box 3))
People at Waimate; Selwyn's journeys with the Governor to visit Maoris; illness of Archdeacon Alfred Brown's son.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 9 September 1844 (File 34.a (Box 3))
Plans for the College; Selwyn; horticultural matters.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to William Cotton, 12 September 1844 (File 35.a (Box 3))
Birthday of William Cotton Senior; move to Auckland; John Heki at Kororareka.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Arthur Cotton, 22 September 1844 (File 36.a (Box 3))
Birthday greetings; contents of box despatched to England.
Reverend William Cotton (Paihia) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 18 November 1844 (File 37.a (Box 3))
Selwyn's move to Auckland; personal matters.
Reverend William Cotton to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 23 January 1845 (File 38.a (Box 3))
Journal; move to Auckland.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Phoebe Cotton, 24 January 1845 (File 39.a (Box 3))
Maori war; people at Auckland; domestic matters.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 25 January 1845 (File 40.a (Box 3))
Journeys of Selwyn and Cotton.
Reverend William Cotton to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 30 January 1845 (File 41.a (Box 3))
Sarah Selwyn; Selwyn's journeys; missionaries.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to his sister Sarah Cotton, 30 January 1845 (File 42.a (Box 3))
Cotton's birthday; move to Auckland; Willie Selwyn; horticulture.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to his mother Sarah Cotton, 6 February 1845 (File 43.a (Box 3))
Death of Teddy Cotton; Sarah Selwyn and her children.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Agnes Cotton: birthday greetings, 27 February 1845 (File 44.a (Box 3))
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 14 March 1845 (File 45.a (Box 3))
Arrival of box from home; sacking of Kororareka and its consequences.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 29 March 1845 (File 46.a (Box 3))
New arrivals and departures; departure of Sarah Selwyn; results of Kororareka.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 22 April 1845 (File 47.a (Box 3))
New arrivals and departures; domestic matters.
Reverend William Cotton (Purewa) to Phoebe Cotton, 8 May 1845 (File 48.a (Box 3))
School; John Selwyn; Governor's difficulties in providing for people of Kororareka.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Agnes Cotton: letter of thanks, 31 March 1845 (File 49.a (Box 3))
Reverend William Cotton (Purewa) to Henry Cotton, 20 May 1845 (File 50.a (Box 3))
Birthday greetings; legal problems; St John's College.
Reverend William Cotton (Purewa) to his mother Sarah Cotton, 21 May 1845 (File 1.a (Box 4))
Birthday greetings; schools; Selwyn's financial situation; plan of Auckland base of Selwyn.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 9 June 1845 (File 2.a (Box 4))
School and its buildings; Church Missionary Society, Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and Selwyn's income.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to William Cotton, 8 July 1845 (File 3.a (Box 4))
Maori wars; St John's College.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to his sister Sarah Cotton, 19 July 1845 (File 4.a (Box 4))
Her birthday; cause of wars; journey.
Reverend William Cotton (Taranaki) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 25 August 1845 (File 5.a (Box 4))
Journey to and state of affairs at Taranaki.
Reverend William Cotton (Taranaki) to William Cotton, 15 September 1845 (File 6.a (Box 4))
Events in Taranaki; a wedding; a heresy; agricultural matters.
Reverend William Cotton (at sea) to Phoebe Cotton, 22 October 1845 (File 7.a (Box 4))
Life at sea; impending arrival of new Governor, Captain George Grey.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to his mother Sarah Cotton: domestic needs, 26 October 1845 (File 8.a (Box 4))
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to his sister Sarah Cotton, 16 November 1845 (File 9.a (Box 4))
Domestic matters; Reverend William and Elizabeth Dudley; question of the Governor.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to William Cotton: postal arrangements, 16 November 1845 (File 10.a (Box 4))
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 21 November 1845 (File 11.a (Box 4))
Arrival of boxes and letters from home.
Reverend William Cotton (at sea) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 27 November 1845 (File 12.a (Box 4))
Arrival of Captain George Grey as Governor; the Fitzroys.
Reverend William Cotton (Great Barrier Island) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 18 December 1845 (File 13.a (Box 4))
Journey; postal matters; domestic matters.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Henry Cotton, 22 January 1846 (File 14.a (Box 4))
Oxford; problems of Bishop of Tasmania; Cotton's needs.
Reverend William Cotton to Agnes Cotton, 27 February 1846 (File 15.a (Box 4))
Birthday greetings; arrival of a box; Cotton's proposed return to England; birds.
Reverend William Cotton to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 5 March 1846 (File 16.a (Box 4))
Despatch of a box; problems with builders at St John's College.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to his mother Sarah Cotton: arrival of a box, 1 April 1846 (File 17.a (Box 4))
Reverend William Cotton to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, Easter Tuesday 1846 (File 18.a (Box 4))
Selwyn's meeting with Governor Grey; Reverend. Octavius Hadfield's influence with the Maoris.
Reverend William Cotton to Phoebe Cotton, 8 May 1846 (File 19.a (Box 4))
Dale Ward; Reverend Tucker; life at College.
Reverend William Cotton to Henry Cotton, 20 May 1846 (File 20.a (Box 4))
Birthday greetings; the school; problems of government in New Zealand; domestic matters.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to his mother Sarah Cotton, 21 May 1846 (File 21.a (Box 4))
Review of the last year; plans for return; relations with M.E.H..
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to his sisters, 10 June 1846 (File 22.a (Box 4))
Plans for departure; Mr and Mrs Bambridge; Mary Fitzroy; problems with Church Missionary Society.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 12 June 1846 (File 23.a (Box 4))
Studentship at Christ Church, Oxford; domestic matters.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to William Cotton, 18 June 1846 (File 24.a (Box 4))
Engagement of Sarah Cotton to Henry Acland.
Reverend William Cotton to his mother Sarah Cotton, 18 June 1846 (File 25.a (Box 4))
Marriage of Sarah Cotton.
Reverend William Cotton to Phoebe Cotton, 18 June 1846 (File 26.a (Box 4))
Marriage of Sarah Cotton; Cotton's affections for M.E.H.; indiscretions in his journals.
Reverend William Cotton to Agnes Cotton, 19 June 1846 (File 27.a (Box 4))
Marriage of Sarah Cotton; Cotton's impending return.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to A. B. Cotton, 19 June 1846 (File 28.a (Box 4))
Arthur Cotton's illness; Willie and Johnnie Selwyn.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Phoebe Cotton, 5 August 1846 (File 29.a (Box 4))
Final rejection by M.E.H.; Selwyn's journeys; home news.
Reverend William Cotton to his mother Sarah Cotton: receipt of letter, 6 August 1846 (File 30.a (Box 4))
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Agnes Cotton, 8 August 1846 (File 31.a (Box 4))
Willie Selwyn; previous letter from Agnes.
Reverend William Cotton to Phoebe Cotton, 7 September 1846 (File 32.a (Box 4))
Postal service; Sarah Selwyn's third pregnancy.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to William Cotton, 12 September 1846 (File 33.a (Box 4))
Birthday greetings; capture of the Rauparika; Mr and Mrs Purchas.
Reverend W. Cotton to A.B. Cotton: Arthur Cotton's birthday; Eton, 20 September 1846 (File 34.a (Box 4))
Reverend William Cotton to Phoebe Cotton, 26 October 1846 (File 35.a (Box 4))
Postal matters; Mr and Mrs Purchas; possibility of Selwyn visiting Sydney.
Reverend William Cotton (Tauranua) to Phoebe Cotton, 21 November 1846 (File 36.a (Box 4))
Journey to Waikanae; custody of Te Rauparaha; missionaries.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Phoebe Cotton, 26 November 1846 (File 37.a (Box 4))
Domestic matters; the hospital; the school.
Reverend William Cotton (Waikanae) to his mother Sarah Cotton, 19 December 1846 (File 38.a (Box 4))
Anniversary of Cotton's departure for New Zealand.
Reverend William Cotton (Waikanae) to Agnes Cotton, 9 January 1847 (File 39.a (Box 4))
Letter received; anecdotes of life in New Zealand.
Reverend William Cotton (Taranaki) to Agnes Cotton, 27 February 1847 (File 40.a (Box 4))
Birthday greetings; journey to Taranaki.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to William Cotton, 9 April 1847 (File 41.a (Box 4))
William Cotton's rail accident; illness in the College; Cotton's plans for his return.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Phoebe Cotton, 12 April 1847 (File 42.a (Box 4))
Their father's rail accident; illness in the College; Willie and Johnnie Selwyn.
Reverend William Cotton to Phoebe Cotton, [1847-05-8?] (File 43.a (Box 4))
Recovery of Willie and Johnnie Selwyn; Cotton's plans for return.
Reverend William Cotton to his mother Sarah Cotton, 21 May 1847 (File 44.a (Box 4))
Birthday greetings; review of the year; fever in school.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Henry Cotton, 20 May 1847 (File 45.a (Box 4))
Birthday greetings; fever epidemic; the School.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Phoebe Cotton, 24 June 1847 (File 46.a (Box 4))
Deaths of Sydney Williams and William Bolland; an impending ordination.
Reverend William Cotton to Phoebe Cotton, 7 July 1847 (File 47.a (Box 4))
Plans for return; Willie Selwyn's future.
Reverend William Cotton to Phoebe Cotton, [1847-09-31?] (File 48.a (Box 4))
Plans for voyage; deaths of Mrs Blackett and William Bolland; trouble over land purchases of Reverend. Henry Williams.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Phoebe Cotton, 13 November 1847 (File 49.a (Box 4))
Arrangements for sailing; problems with a deacon.
Reverend William Cotton (Auckland) to Arthur Cotton, 22 November 1847 (File 50.a (Box 4))
Cotton's departure; Arthur's birthday.
Reverend William Cotton to Phoebe Cotton, 29 November 1847 (File 51.a (Box 4))
Voyage home; travelling companions.
Reverend William Cotton (Sydney) to Phoebe Cotton: arrival at Sydney, 30 December 1847 (File 52.a (Box 4))
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 2 August 1842 (File 1.b (Box 5))
Arrival in New Zealand; problems with catechists; Willie Selwyn.
Reverend William Cotton (Kororareka) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 27 October 1842 (File 2.b (Box 5))
Arrival of Reverend Thomas Whytehead; Selwyn as a trustee of the Maori Fund; Selwyn's journeys.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 2 October 1843 (File 3.b (Box 5))
Episcopal library at Keri Keri; Selwyn; health of Sarah Selwyn; shortage of clergy.
Reverend William Cotton (Nelson) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 17 January 1844 (File 4.b (Box 5))
Wairau massacre and results; Selwyn's departure for Stewart and Chatham Islands.
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate) to [Mrs Sconce ?], 13 January 1843 (File 5.c (Box 5))
Illness of Reverend Thomas Whytehead.
Reverend William Cotton (Wellington) to Edward Meyrick, 23 December 1843 (File 6.c (Box 5))
Trial of a Maori. (Extract).
Reverend William Cotton (Waimate). Petition to Dean and Chapter seeking extension of leave, 7 July 1843 (File 7.c (Box 5))
Reverend William Cotton (Wellington). Note authorising Henry Cotton to receive income from studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, 4 January 1843 (File 8.c (Box 5))
Reverend William Dudley [Kororareka] to Reverend William Cotton, 7 January 1845 (File 12.a (Box 5))
School at the Waimate; John Heke's impending attack.
Reverend William Dudley to Reverend William Cotton, 10 January 1845 (File 13.a (Box 5))
John Heke and cutting down a flagstaff.
Reverend William Dudley (Kororareka) to Reverend William Cotton, 20 January 1845 (File 14.a (Box 5))
State of affairs in Kororareka; waiting for attack by John Heke.
Archbishop William Howley [London] to Selwyn, 12 July 1841 (File 15.a (Box 5))
Letter from Lord John Russell about the financial prospects of a bishop in New Zealand.
Archbishop William Howley to Selwyn, 30 November 1841 (File 16.a (Box 5))
Question of Norfolk Island. (extract).
Archbishop William Howley to Selwyn, 30 November 1841 (File 17.a (Box 5))
Selwyn's departure for New Zealand.
Archbishop William Howley (Addington) to Selwyn, 18 August 1844 (File 18.a (Box 5))
Commending Selwyn's zeal and appreciating his difficulties.
Archbishop William Howley (Ashby de la Zouch) to Selwyn, 17 August 1847 (File 19.a (Box 5))
Contribution of £50 towards fund for supplying the Bishop of New Zealand with a boat.
Thomas Hutton (at sea) to Reverend G. Gilbert, 29 September 1843 (File 20.a (Box 5))
Voyage to New Zealand via Cape Town in the Bangalore. (photostat)
Thomas Hutton to Reverend G. Gilbert, 9 July 1844 (File 21.a (Box 5))
Archival History
Arrival at Auckland; appointment as master to the missionaries' children; Sydney. (photostat)
Thomas Hutton to Reverend G. Gilbert (extract), May 1844 (File 22.a (Box 5))
Consideration and purchase of a new site for St John's College.
Thomas Hutton to Reverend G. Gilbert, 19 September 1845 (File 23.a (Box 5))
Postal problems; domestic matters. (photostat)
Thomas Hutton (Auckland) to Reverend G. Gilbert, All Saints Day 1845 (File 24.a (Box 5))
Building and layout of the College; rumours of apostasy of Reverend. John Newman. (photostat)
Thomas Hutton (Auckland) to Reverend G. Gilbert, 23 July 1846 (File 25.a (Box 5))
St John's College; prospect of ordination. (photostat)
Thomas Hutton (Parewa) to Reverend G. Gilbert, 20 May 1847 (File 26.a (Box 5))
Building of a hospital; marriage plans; new chapel; ordination. (photostat)
Mary Ann Martin (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 7 December 1844 (File 27.a (Box 5))
Selwyn; education.
Mary Ann Martin (Auckland) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], (extracts), 7 December 1844 (File 28.a (Box 5))
Mary Ann Martin (Taurarua) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 23 February 1844 (File 29.a (Box 5))
Selwyns; domestic and local affairs. (copy)
Mary Ann Martin (Auckland) to [unknown], 14 March 1845 - 22 March 1845 (File 30.a (Box 5))
Massacre at Kororareka. (extract)
Mary Ann Martin (Taurarua) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 11 August 1845 (File 31.a (Box 5))
Journeys in New Zealand; shortage of clergy; noble example of Selwyn.
Mary Ann Martin (Taurarua) to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 1 December 1846 (File 32.a (Box 5))
Selwyns; educational needs.
Mary Ann Martin (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 21 May 1852 (File 33.a (Box 5))
Travels of the Selwyns; attitudes to Maoris; education.
Mary Ann Martin (Taurarua) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 19 April 1854 (File 34.a (Box 5))
Gift of books; possibility of translation of Selwyn to another see.
Judge William Martin to [unknown], 8 May 1845 (File 35.b (Box 5))
Educational needs of New Zealand; failure of the Government to help. (extract)
Caroline Palmer (Farnborough Hill) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 29 March (File 37.a (Box 5))
Illnesses of Bishop's party in New Zealand.
Caroline Palmer to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 13 November [1842] (File 38.a (Box 5))
Departure of Selwyn and his arrival in New Zealand.
L.C. Palmer (Waulip) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 22 February 1851 (File 39.a (Box 5))
Abrahams and their arrival in New Zealand.
Reverend Charles Reay (Auckland) to Reverend William Cotton, 23 July 1842 (File 40.a (Box 5))
Maori services; problems with Wesleyan missions. (extracts)
Reverend F. P. de la Willis (Marurewa) to William Telfer, 24 August 1951 (File 1.b (Box 6))
Selwyn's design of churches.
N. E. Odell (Dunedin) to William Telfer, 28 October 1951 (File 2.b (Box 6))
Selwyn College, Auckland, and Selwynesque churches.
H. R. Creswick (Cambridge) to William Telfer, 26 April 1952 (File 4.b (Box 6))
Selwynesque churches.
Fourth annual report of the Committee of the Cambridge Camden Society, containing a reference to Selwyn, 11 May 1843 (File 8.b (Box 6))
Selwyn (Paihia) to Laetitia Selwyn, 25 June 1842 (File 16.c (Box 6))
Appreciation of Thomas Whytehead; Selwyn's movements since May.
Selwyn (at sea) to Laetitia Selwyn, 30 July 1842 (File 18.c (Box 6))
Early activities in New Zealand; departure for the South.
Selwyn (Wellington) to Laetitia Selwyn, 13 September 1842 (File 19.c (Box 6))
Maoris in Nelson; illnesses. (copy)
Selwyn (Waokena) to Laetitia Selwyn, 23 October 1842 (File 20.c (Box 6))
Journey; topography. (copy)
Selwyn (Waimate) to Fanny Selwyn, 4 July 1843 (File 22.c (Box 6))
Domestic arrangements at St John's College; future plans.
Selwyn to his father William Selwyn and family, 1 December 1847 (File 24.c (Box 6))
Progress and endowments of St John's College.
Selwyn (Kawau Island) to William Selwyn, 28 August 1848 (File 28.c (Box 6))
Voyage; marriage of Fanny Selwyn.
Selwyn [Auckland] to William Selwyn, 3 November 1848 (File 29.c (Box 6))
Willie Selwyn's departure for England.
Selwyn (Maunga Pautari) to Sarah Selwyn, 24 December 1844 (File 35.c (Box 6))
Lapses at Maunga Pautari since 1842; reports against Seymour Spencer.
Selwyn (at sea) to Sarah Selwyn, 12 May 1848 (File 38.c (Box 6))
Court case; newspaper abuse of Selwyn in Nelson.
Selwyn (Wellington) to Sarah Selwyn, 21 May 1848 (File 39.c (Box 6))
Death of Reverend Charles Reay; illness of Reverend. Octavius Hadfield; journeyings.
Selwyn (Wellington) to Sarah Selwyn, 2 April 1849 (File 40.c (Box 6))
Preparation for a college at Porirua; Octavius Hadfield to be the principal.
Selwyn (Sydney) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 27 July 1842 (File 2.e (Box 7))
Voyage; Selwyn's plans.
Selwyn (Wellington) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 4 October 1842 (File 3.e (Box 7))
Death of his companion Willy; ordination; Reverend Thomas Whytehead; Sarah Selwyn.
Selwyn (Waimate) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 11 April 1843 (File 4.e (Box 7))
Death of Evans; pacification of Maoris; journeys.
Selwyn (Waimate) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 22 July 1843 (File 5.e (Box 7))
Establishment at the Waimate; initial discord; plans.
Selwyn (Waimate) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 16 April 1844 (File 7.e (Box 7))
Plans; various clergy; case of George Butt; financial matter.
Selwyn (Waimate) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 18 April 1844 (File 8.e (Box 7))
Deaths of relatives. (copy)
Selwyn (at sea) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 7 August 1844 (File 9.e (Box 7))
Establishment at Waimate.
Selwyn (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 20 March 1845 (File 10.e (Box 7))
Kororareka massacre; illness of Reverend Octavius Hadfield.
Selwyn (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 12 June 1845 (File 11.e (Box 7))
Mapping of New Zealand; health of Sarah Selwyn.
Selwyn (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 8 August 1845 (File 13.e (Box 7))
Maori wars; conduct of Wesleyans.
Selwyn (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 13 September 1845 (File 14.e (Box 7))
State of affairs in New Zealand; building of college at Auckland.
Selwyn (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 9 December 1845 (File 15.e (Box 7))
Visitation, including Waimate and Wellington.
Selwyn (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 5 May 1846 (File 16.e (Box 7))
Financial arrangements.
Selwyn (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 11 May 1846 (File 18.e (Box 7))
Gratitude to Coleridge; St John's College. (incomplete)
Selwyn (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 1 July 1846 (File 19.e (Box 7))
Financial arrangements.
Selwyn (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 6 October 1846 (File 20.e (Box 7))
Authorisation for Coleridge to act as Selwyn's agent in England; financial and collegiate affairs.
Selwyn to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 30 November 1846 (File 21.e (Box 7))
Friendship; Reverend William Cotton.
Selwyn to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 27 January 1847 (File 22.e (Box 7))
St John's College; need of a new ship; staff.
Selwyn (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 6 September 1847 (File 24.e (Box 7))
Financial matters.
Selwyn (at sea) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 2 September 1850 (File 26.e (Box 7))
Arrival of Reverend Charles Abraham; Selwyn's difficulties; voyages around diocese.
Selwyn (at sea) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 14 September 1850 (File 27.e (Box 7))
Birth of a daughter; synod of Australian bishops.
Selwyn to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 13 April 1852 (File 31.e (Box 7))
Church Missionary Society. (incomplete)
Selwyn (at sea) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 3 December 1853 (File 32.e (Box 7))
Imputations made by Church Missionary Society about Selwyn's efficiency; gold rush.
Selwyn (Exeter) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 14 August 1854 (File 35.e (Box 7))
Division of New Zealand diocese; financial provisions.
Selwyn (Richmond) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 26 January 1855 (File 36.e (Box 7))
Engrossment of trust deed for Diocese of Melanesia.
Selwyn (London) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 30 January 1855 (File 37.e (Box 7))
Health of John Selwyn; plans.
Selwyn (Southampton) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 7 February 1855 (File 38.e (Box 7))
Imminent embarkation.
Selwyn (at sea) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 30 March 1855 (File 40.e (Box 7))
Reverend John Coleridge Patteson; education of Selwyn's children.
Selwyn (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 14 July 1855 (File 41.e (Box 7))
Arrival in New Zealand; Reverend Coleridge Patteson; the School.
Selwyn (at sea) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 15 December 1855 (File 42.e (Box 7))
Voyage; appointment of Bishop of Christchurch.
Selwyn (Wellington) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 29 December 1855 (File 43.e (Box 7))
Voyaging; increase of prosperity.
Selwyn (Wellington) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 21 January 1857 (File 46.e (Box 7))
Christchurch bishopric; plans for New Zealand dioceses.
Selwyn (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 3 December 1857 (File 47.e (Box 7))
Coleridge at Eton.
Selwyn (Kawau Island) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 26 August 1858 (File 48.e (Box 7))
Grounding of Southern Cross; Reverend. Coleridge Patteson; difficulty of establishing New Zealand bishoprics; forthcoming General Synod.
Selwyn (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 28 February 1860 (File 49.e (Box 7))
Death of Coleridge's wife.
Selwyn (Taupiri, Waikato) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 3 August 1864 (File 50.e (Box 7))
His failure to write to Coleridge; Melanesian Mission; local war.
Selwyn (Auckland) to Reverend Edward Coleridge, 7 March 1865 (File 51.e (Box 7))
Prospects for a missionary bishop on retirement.
Selwyn (Nelson) to Reverend William Cotton, 23 August 1842 (File 1.f (Box 8))
Death of Cotton's brother.
Unsigned note to Sarah Cotton, 2 January 1843 (File 2.f (Box 8))
Containing an extract from a letter from Selwyn about Reverend William Cotton.
Selwyn (Waimate) to [unknown], 4 July 1843 (File 3.f (Box 8))
Usefulness of Reverend William Cotton.
Selwyn (Wanganui) to Reverend William Cotton, 20 November 1843 (File 4.f (Box 8))
Journey to New Plymouth.
Selwyn (Waimate) to [Reverend William Cotton], 23 November (File 8.f (Box 8))
Journey to New Plymouth.
Selwyn to Reverend William Cotton, n.d. (File 12.f (Box 8))
Illness of Sarah Selwyn; despatch of Reverend William Dudley and Reverend Robert Burrows.
Selwyn (at sea) to Reverend William Cotton, 23 May 1845 (File 13.f (Box 8))
Cotton's prospects and achievements in New Zealand.
Selwyn (at sea) to Church Missionary Society, 17 September 1851 (File 16.g (Box 8))
Jubilee of Church Missionary Society. (printed)
Selwyn (at sea) to Reverend E. Balston, 15 August 1844 (File 17.h (Box 8))
Education of children; Eton.
Selwyn (Lichfield) to Reverend Butler, 25 May 1872 (File 18.h (Box 8))
Invitation to preach; his desire to leave the troubles of the home Church for the Pacific.
Selwyn (Windsor) to Archbishop William Howley, 14 July 1841 (File 21.h (Box 8))
Accepts offer of bishopric of New Zealand. (photostat)
Selwyn and Sarah Selwyn to [unknown], 24 April 1845 (File 22.h (Box 8))
Church buildings; tour of Maori districts.
Selwyn (Auckland) to Bishop John C. Patteson, 3 June 1867 (File 23.h (Box 8))
Financial matters; meeting of Synod in England.
Selwyn [Taurarua] to [unknown], [1849-02-05] (File 29.h (Box 8))
Governor Grey; land question. (extract)
Selwyn to [unknown], St Barnabas' Day 1853 (File 32.h (Box 8))
Needs of the New Zealand Church. (printed)
Pastoral letter of the Bishop of New Zealand to the members of the Church of England in the settlement of New Plymouth, Henui (printed), 30 August 1855 (File 33.h (Box 8))
Selwyn (Nelson) to John Shadwell, 31 August 1842 (File 34.h (Box 8))
Selwyn's request to Shadwell to serve in New Zealand.
Deed of ordination of G.A. Selwyn to the Diaconate by Hugh, Bishop of Carlisle, London, 9 June 1833 (File 35.j (Box 8))
Deed of ordination of G.A. Selwyn to the priesthood by Hugh, Bishop of Carlisle, London, 22 June 1834 (File 36.j (Box 8))
Notorial act at G. A. Selwyn's consecration as Bishop of New Zealand, Lambeth Palace Chapel, 17 October 1841 (File 37.j (Box 8))
Account of the early days of Selwyn in New Zealand, 26 December 1841 - 6 November 1842 (File 39.j (Box 8))
Probably written by Reverend Thomas Whytehead. (48pp.)
Mary Crump (Sydney) to Elizabeth White, May 1842 (File 40.j (Box 8))
Outward voyage from England with Selwyn. (copy)
Mrs Short (Sydney) to Mrs C. Marryatt, October 1850 (File 41.j (Box 8))
Subscription to provide Selwyn with a vessel in which to visit the islands.
Bishop William Tyrrell [Morpeth] to [unknown], 21 September 1851 (File 42.j (Box 8))
Journey among the Pacific islands undertaken with Selwyn.
Cutting from Sydney Morning Herald on voyage of Bishops Selwyn and Tyrrell, July 1851 - October 1851 (File 43.j (Box 8))
Public notice of resolutions passed at a meeting of the Church of England in Auckland, 6 December (File 44.j (Box 8))
To raise funds for the endowment of the New Zealand Bishopric. Printed.
Norfolk Island: correspondence between His Excellency Sir W. Denison, KCB, Governor General of Australia and the Bishop of New Zealand, Auckland, 1857 (File 45.j (Box 8))
Documents and a despatch relating to Selwyn's part in ministering to forces engaged in dislodging rebel Maoris, 1864 (File 46.j (Box 8))
Newspaper cutting concerning a presentation to Selwyn on his departure from New Zealand (File 48.j (Box 8))
Series. Pictures and printed items, 1854 - 1909
8 itemsFilmed selectively.
General
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1096.
Letter to The Times announcing the opening of subscriptions to commemorate the centenary of G. A. Selwyn's birth, 30 December 1908 (File 1.j (Box 9))
Extract from a letter concerning Selwyn as a sheep-shearer and Reverend William Cotton as a barber (File 2.j (Box 9))
William Selwyn. Poem dedicated to his brother G.A. Selwyn entitled 'Winfrid, afterwards called Boniface, A.D. 680-755', Cambridge (48pp.), 1864 (File 5.j (Box 9))
Series. Sermons of Bishop Selwyn, 1835 - 1867
5 itemArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reels M1096-M1098.
Manuscript and printed sermons preached at Windsor, 1837-1841, and various churches in New Zealand, 1843 - 1853 (File 1-14.k (Box 11))
They include Charge delivered to the clergy of the Diocese of New Zealand at the Diocesan Synod in the Chapel of St John's College, 23 Sept. 1847.
Series. Letters and papers of Sarah Selwyn, 1843 - 1907
14 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1098.
Sarah Selwyn (Taurarua) to Reverend William Cotton, 15 November 1843 (File 1.a (Box 17))
Bishop Selwyn; domestic matters.
Sarah Selwyn (Taurarua) to Reverend William Cotton, 12 March 1844 (File 2.a (Box 17))
Bishop Selwyn; consecration of a church.
Sarah Selwyn to Reverend William Cotton, 31 July 1844 (File 3.a (Box 17))
Illness of Elizabeth Dudley.
Sarah Selwyn (Taurarua) to Reverend William Cotton, 1 March 1847 (File 4.a (Box 17))
Missionaries; an ordination.
Sarah Selwyn [Auckland] to Reverend William Cotton, 7 March 1847 (File 5.a (Box 17))
St. John's College; Bishop of Tasmania.
Sarah Selwyn to [Reverend William Cotton], n.d. (File 7.a (Box 17))
Request of the Governor to meet Maori boys.
Sarah Selwyn (Auckland) to Sarah and Phoebe Cotton, 10 September 1845 (File 9.a (Box 17))
Illness of Elizabeth Dudley.
Sarah Selwyn (Auckland) to Sarah Cotton, 28 August 1845 (File 10.a (Box 17))
Illness of Elizabeth Dudley.
Sarah Selwyn [Auckland] to [Reverend Edward Coleridge], 23 August 1857 (File 38.b (Box 17))
Receipt of gift. (incomplete)
Series. Correspondence of other clergy and other papers, 7 January 1837 - 13 June 1907
19 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1098.
Reverend Thomas Whytehead [Sydney] to Reverend C. Marriott, 27 April 1842 (File 1.a (Box 18))
Unhappy state of churches in Sydney; Whytehead's illness.
Reverend Henry Williams (Paihia) to Edward Marsh, 24 June 1842 (File 2.a (Box 18))
Arrival of Selwyn. (extract)
Reverend William Williams (Paihia) to Mrs K. Heathcote, 24 June 1842 (File 3.a (Box 18))
Arrival of Selwyn. (extracts)
Jane Williams (Paihia) to her mother and Reverend Henry Williams (Paihia) to Mrs Heathcote, 1842-06-24; 1842-06-28 (File 4.c (Box 18))
Arrival of Selwyn. (copies)
Text in Maori and English of conversations held at King's Pa, Mataitawa, at the close of war. (printed), March 1861 (File 7.a (Box 18))
John Wordsworth (Cambridge) to Reverend William Selwyn (Doncaster), 7 January 1837 (File 10.a (Box 18))
Cambridge gossip.
C. Marett [London] to Bishop John Selwyn, 10 February 1888 (File 13.b (Box 18))
Congratulations on elevation to bishopric.
Ordination sermon preached by Bishop John Selwyn, St Saviour's Church, Oxton, Birkenhead, St Matthew's Day. (printed), 1895 (File 14.b (Box 18))
Poem written by Bishop John Selwyn, entitled 'Pristiniae Virtutis Memores', 1897 (File 15.b (Box 18))
Leaflets written for the jubilee of the constitution of the Church of New Zealand, 13 June 1907 (File 21.c (Box 18))
Series. Letterbook, 1 January 1840 - 11 August 1860
Correspondents include:George Selwyn, Dandeson Coates, Reverend H. Cowper, Reverend George Clarke, missionaries of the Southern and Northern District, Reverend Henry Williams, Reverend Henry Venn, Reverend Octavius Hadfield, Reverend George Kissling, Seymour Spencer, Reverend Henry Williams, Reverend Charles Reay, Captain George Grey.
Subjects include: Church Missionary Society, Australasian matters, land purchases and disputes, social and family news, history of the mission in Northern District, money payments and limits on missionary expenditures, appointment of Protector of the Aborigines, prosecution of the Mission, relations between clerics and catechists, needs of schools and missionaries, grant of land for mission station at Hicks Bay, grants of land made by Maoris, miscommunications between members of the Mission, land claims of Church Missionary Society, Maori war and its implications for missionaries and policies on ordination.
Also includes papers of the Church Missionary Society such as resolutions and minutes around payments, land and New Zealand.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1099.
Series. Journals and other papers of Bishop Selwyn, 1845 - 1892
5 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1100.
Selwyn to his father William Selwyn, April 1848 - May 1850 (File 1.c (Section D))
Voyages in Pacific Islands. (8 letters)
Selwyn (Bay of Plenty) to Reverend Edward Hawkins, Easter Eve 1845 (File 2.g (Section D))
Causes of Maori unrest. (36pp.)
Series. Letters patent and other papers, October 1841 - 21 January 1868
4 itemsArchival History
Originally filmed on AJCP reel M1100.
Letters patent of appointment of G. A. Selwyn as Bishop of New Zealand, Westminster, 14 October 1841 (File 1.j (Section E))