Papers [microform]

Bib ID:
2340827
Format:
Manuscript and Microform
Author:
Patteson, John Coleridge, 1827-1871
Access Conditions:
Available for reference.
Description:
  • [19--]
  • 1 microfilm reel 35 mm.
Summary:

These papers include Patteson's diaries for 1866 and 1870, the record of his consecration as a bishop, correspondence, an anonymous poem about him, and accounts of his death.

Biography/History:

John Coleridge Patteson, 1827-1871, first missionary bishop in Melanesia, was born in England and ordained in 1853. In 1855 he left England for Auckland and in 1856 made his first voyage to Melanesia where he initiated a scheme of educating Melanesian boys in New Zealand and Norfolk Island. In 1861 Patteson was consecrated bishop and in addition to his religious and educative pursuits, studied Melanesian languages. Patteson was killed on the island of Nukapu in 1871.

Notes:
Microfilm copy of original documents from the Selwyn papers held in the library of Selwyn College, Cambridge.
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