Maori letter from Eruera Hongi to Church Missionary Society missionaries, 1825
Reference Number: MS-Papers-1009-2/71-01
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.
Key terms:
1 image, related to Eruera Pare Hongi, Ngapuhi, Maori - Missions, Literacy, Technology and Missionaries.
Part of:
Correspondence between Maori, missionaries and the Church Missionary Society, Reference Number MS-Papers-1009-2/71 (1 digitised items)
2 The Collections, Reference Number Series-0587 (1 digitised items)
Extent: 1 PieceHolograph. Manuscript
Conditions governing access to original: Not restricted
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