Guide to the Letter of Reverend Stephen Rabone
MS Acc10.105
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- Rabone, Stephen, Reverend
- Title
- Letter of Reverend Stephen Rabone
- Date Range
- 1835
- Collection Number
- MS Acc10.105
- Extent
- 0.03 metres (1 packet)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Content Description
One letter from Wesleyan missionary Reverend Stephen Rabone to his parents, written 3 October 1835 at Hobart, Van Diemens Land. The letter includes a description of convict chain gangs, their dress, their punishment and Rabone's compassionate horror at their treatment; a description of agriculture in the Hobart region; discussion of fellow missionary Reverend Nathaniel Turner's offer to teach Rabone some Tongan prior to Rabone taking up a mission at Tonga; a description of Governor George Arthur and how he visited Turner and Rabone's chapel several times; and mention of his wife, Eliza's, pregnancy.