Guide to the Papers of Sir Thomas Brisbane
MS 4036
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Letter in Maori and English re "Boyd" massacre New Zealand 1823 [thought to have been written on the behalf of Chief Te Aara ('George') by Samuel Marsden or John White] (File)
Letter written in English and Maori from the Maori chief George, who was responsible in 1809 for seizing the 'Boyd' and killing and eating the crew, 6 Nov 1823 (Item 13) - Box 4
Copy? + 1 photocopy. From Wesleydale, W[h]angaroa, NZ. Translation reads 'let your anger cease for the killing of Capn Thompson and all his men. I came from Port Jackson on board his ship and he flogged me thrice... A ship came from England to revenge the loss of the Boyd when Tippeher, his son and Duateua were killed. that is enough let our anger cease and as a token of that I have given a New Zealand matt to Mr White for your. You give me a fowling piece, etc.'. Rev Samuel Marsden on his fourth visit to NZ Jul-Dec 1823 visited the chief George, and talked with him about the massacre of the crew of the Boyd. George expressed a wish to go again to Port Jackson and Marsden agreed to look after him.[See Missionary Register for 1824pp517-18]. It seems highly probable therefore that this letter was written by Marsden for the chief.
L.E.Threlkeld M.S.S. Dialect of the Aborigines Newcastle Sept. 1825 (File)
Booklet sent to Brisbane by LE Threlkeld Missionary from the London Missionary Society. 'Orthography and Orthoepy of a dialect of the Aborigines of New South Wales. Part 1.' No doubt specially prepared and written for the Givernor to help enlist his aid. It will be remembered that Threlkeld's 'Specimen of a Dialect of the Aborignines of New South Wales' was published in Sydney in 1827. this manuscript is therefore 'THE FIRST WORK DEVOTED TO ANY DIALECT OF THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES.', Sept 1825 (Item 15) - Box 4
oritginal autograph manuscript and hand bound booklet inscribed on the cover "To His Excellency the Governor, Sir Thomas Brisbane, KCB, etc". Inlcudes modern photocopy. Has been microfilmed
