Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Letter from Reverend George Adam Kissling to Bishop William Williams, October 16, 1860
Primary Maker
Date
1860
1783-1963
Physical Description
4pp on 1 Leaf ; 252mm x 402mm Folded to 252mm x 204mm
Language
English
Collection
Level of Current Record
Child
Is Part Of
Public Access Text
St Stephens, Auckland
[Keywords: Correspondence, Letter, Cultivation, Confiscation, Committee, Land Question, Grants, Titles, Government, Parliament]
Subject Notes
George Adam Kissling arrived in New Zealand with his wife Margaret Moxon in May, 1842. Together they established the Mission station at Tekawakawa (Te Araroa). However after a serious bout of poor health, the Kisslings relocated to Auckland, where they established a Maori Girls Boarding School in Kohimarama.
[Further reading: Joan C. Stanley. 'Kissling, Margaret', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1k13/kissling-margaret (accessed 22 March 2018)]
Last Update
07 Jul 2023
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