Guide to the Letter of Reverend Stephen Rabone
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Summary
- Collection number:
- MS Acc10.105
- Creator:
- Rabone, Stephen, Reverend
- Extent:
- (1 packet)
- Language:
- English and English
- Availability:
- Available
- Access conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
Background
- Content Summary:
- 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.
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- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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