MANUSCRIPT
Maori letter from Eruera Hongi to Church Missionary Society missionaries
- Date
- 1825
- By
- Hongi, Eruera Pare, 1815?-1836
- Reference
- MS-Papers-1009-2/71-01
- Description
Contains a two paged letter written in Maori from Eruera Hongi requesting writing paper and an invitation to visit England. This letter is believed to be the earliest known Maori holograph.
Relationship complexity - MS-Papers-1009-2/71 also contains a translation of this letter.
Quantity: 1 Piece.
Physical Description: Holograph
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster collection and papers / of Kenneth Athol Webster / Correspondence between Maori, missionaries and the Church Missionary Society
- Format
- 1 Piece, Manuscripts, Holograph
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Maori letter from Eruera Hongi to Church Missionary Society missionaries. Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster collection and papers / of Kenneth Athol Webster. Ref: MS-Papers-1009-2/71-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22790823More information can be found in our terms of use.