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MEMOIRS
OF
The Life and Labours
OF THE
REV. SAMUEL MARSDEN,
OF PARAMATTA,
SENIOR CHAPLAIN OF NEW SOUTH WALES;
AND OF HIS EARLY CONNEXION WITH THE MISSIONSTO NEW ZEALAND AND TAHITI.

EDITED BY THE
Rev. J. B. MARSDEN, m.a.,
AUTHOR OF “THE HISTORY OF THE EARLY AND LATER PURITANS,” ETC. ETC.

LONDON:
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY;
56, PATERNOSTER ROW; 65, ST. PAUL’S CHURCHYARD;
AND 164, PICCADILLY:
AND SOLD BY THE BOOKSELLERS.

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Rev^d. Samuel Marsden

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INTRODUCTORY NOTE.

The Editor would make his kind acknowledgments to the Church Missionaryand London Missionary Societies for the free use of the hithertounpublished correspondence of Mr. Samuel Marsden in their hands; and toJ. S. Nicholas, Esq., who accompanied Mr. Marsden on his first visit toNew Zealand, for the use of a valuable manuscript account of hisresidence in New South Wales, containing much information respecting Mr.Marsden. He has also had before him a manuscript life of Mr. Marsden byLieut. Sadleir of Paramatta, from which several extracts are made. Andlastly, he would acknowledge the courtesy of those surviving friends whohave placed in his hands Mr. Marsden’s autograph letters to themselvesor deceased members of their families. From these several sources thework has been chiefly compiled.

The Editor may be permitted to add, that the similarity of his namehaving led to the general conclusion (which however is incorrect) thathe was related to Mr. Samuel Marsden, he has been repeatedly urged to[Pg iv]publish his life. At length this request being renewed by the ReligiousTract Society, into whose hands some valuable papers and documents hadfallen, he was induced to comply with their wishes, under the convictionthat the facts and incidents, as well as the moral grandeur, of Mr.Marsden’s life, were too important to be suffered to lie any longer incomparative obscurity. There are ample materials for a much largervolume; but of course the Editor has been obliged to select what[Pg v]appeared to be most suitable for general usefulness.

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