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Letter from Catherine Heathcote to her brother William Williams, August 12, 1841

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  • Description

    Regarding her recent holiday and the friends and family members she visited during that time. Including details of their health and current affairs of their domestic lives. Further, Catherine describes the religious climate of Southwell in 1841, describing the conflicting opinions of the Anglicans and Tracticians. Catherine was opposed to the opinions put forth by the Oxford Tracts who in her words "catch the young and those that were evangelical.

    " Finally, Catherine asks after the true prosperity of the New Zealand colony. Southwell, England.

  • Other Id

    13764 (Presto content ID)

    MS-1991-75-230 (Reference Number)

  • Department

    Manuscripts

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  • Object Type

    manuscript

  • Name/Title
    Letter from Catherine Heathcote to her brother William Williams, August 12, 1841
  • Primary Maker

     Algar Williams

  • Date
    1841
    1783-1963
  • Physical Description

    4pp on 1 Leaf ; 226mm x 370mm Folded to 226mm x 186mm

  • Language
    English
  • Collection
    Algar Williams
  • Level of Current Record
    Child
  • Is Part Of

    Williams Family Papers, 1783 - 1963

  • Public Access Text

    The Oxford tracts known as The Tracts for the Times were a series of theological publications initially printed anonymously but addressed to Ad Clerum (to the clergy) or Ad Populum (to te people) that juxtaposed the doctrine of the Roman Catholics with the Church of England and promoted the development of Anglo-Catholicism by means of reinstating older traditions of faith into the Anglican liturgy.

    [Keywords: Correspondence, Letter, Mr Downall, John Hutchinson, Philip Faulkner, Fundraising, Church, Doctrine, Dogma, Catholicism, Anglicanism, The Church of England, theologies, Sister]

  • Subject Notes
    Catherine Heathcote (nee Williams) was the fifth daughter of Thomas Williams and Mary Marsh. Catherine ran the girls school at Elmfield House in Southwell started by her mother. She contributed generously to the mission efforts of her brothers giving 700 English pounds toward the building of the Maori boys school at Te Aute and a similar sum for the girls school at Hukarere. [more information: Faith and Farming the legacy of Henry Williams and William Williams. pg. 16]
  • Last Update
    07 Jul 2023
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