On 12 August 1818 Samuel Marsden's voyage across the Tasman Sea from Port Jackson ended when he disembarked from General Gates at the Bay of Islands. Marsden had arrived to establish a second Christian mission station at Kerikeri and brought with him John Kemp and John G Butler. General Gates was an American sealing vessel commanded by Captain A Riggs.
General Gates (Ship)
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Claims against sealing vessels
Date: 1811-1834
Reference: qMS-0457
Description: Contains copies of evidence given in Australian courts in cases of claims against various vessels engaged in the sealing industry Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (67 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (35 cm) Provenance: Evidence apparently copied for the information of R McNab
Manuscript
Extracts from American ships' logs and journals
Date: 1792-1845
From: McNab, Robert, 1864-1917 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0047-50
Description: Extracts from ships' logs from the New Bedford Library Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Blosseville, Jules Alphonse Rene Poret, Baron 1802-1833 : The voyage of Captain Edwards...
Date: 6 Nov 1822-28 Mar 1823
By: Blosseville, Jules Alphonse Rene Poret, baron de, 1802-1833
Reference: MS-0246
Description: Detailed description of the voyage of the `Snapper' along the coast of the lower South Island from Dusky and Chalky bays, Foveaux Strait, Preservation Bay, Port Macquarie, Stewart Island, Old Man's Bluff and other named points. Meetings with other vessels, including the `General Gates', the sealers in the region, and Maori are described. Source of title - Transcribed Written by Blosseville, senior midshipman on the `Snapper' from the diary and observations of Capt Edwardson and translated by Charles Wilson from the French Quantity: 1 volume(s) (12 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (carbon) (25 cm; ¼ maroon roan, green boards (Acc 27920)