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THE SELECTED LETTERS OF
Mary Hobhouse
Edited by Shirley Tunnicliff
DAPHNE BRASELL ASSOCIATES PRESS
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First published in 1992 by Daphne Brasell Associates Press,
PO Box 12-214, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand
© Original text: Shirley Tunnicliff
© Letters: Alexander Turnbull Library and Hobhouse descendants
© Photographs and sketches as acknowledged in the text
© First edition: Daphne Brasell Associates Press 1992
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, including photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.
National Library of New Zealand
Cataloguing-in-Publication data
Hobhouse, Mary, 1819--1864.
The selected letters of Mary Hobhouse / edited by Shirley Tunnicliff. Wellington, N. Z.: Daphne Brasell Associates Press, 1992.
1 v.
ISBN 0-908896-11-5
1. Hobhouse, Mary, 1819-1864. 2. Hobhouse, Edmund b. 1817. 3. Clergymen's wives--New Zealand--Nelson--Correspondence. 4. Women in church work--New Zealand--Nelson--Church of the Province of New Zealand--Correspondence. 5. Pioneers--New Zealand-Nelson--Correspondence. 6. Nelson (N. Z. )--History. 7. Church of the Province of New Zealand--Clergy--Biography. I. Tunnicliff, Shirley. II. Title.
283. 082
Published with the assistance of The Historical Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs. Our special thanks to Melanie Nolan for her advisory role.
Editorial supervision by Kate Stone, Daphne Brasell Associates Press, with assistance from Kathryn Hastings and Margaret Henry.
Cover: Portrait of Mary Hobhouse, watercolour (artist unknown)
Designed by Margaret Cochran
Typeset by Wordset Enterprises Ltd
Printed by Wright & Carman Ltd, Upper Hutt
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To the memory of Dorothy Hobhouse 1908-1986
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[CONTENTS]
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements.......1
Preface.......3
Introduction--Mary Brodrick, Edmund Hobhouse, Edmund and Mary, Textual note......5
The Voyage Out 1858-59.......17
Early Days 1859.......24
The Taranaki Wars 1860.......47
Family Life 1861.......66
General Synod Meets in Nelson 1862.......82
1863.......97
Epilogue.......102
Appendix I: Historical Setting.......107
Appendix II: Biographical Notes.......112
Sources.......120
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