- MS 116/43/1-14;D Letters (14) to William Penny, 20 April 1853 to 27 September 1856 [Regarding the Moravian mission] 15 leaves, holograph
- MS 116/43/15;D Letter to A White, 22 September 1856 [Regarding William Penny and the Moravian missionary] holograph
- MS 116/43/16;D Extracts from the letter of instruction addressed by the Mission of the Moravian Brethren in Saxony to the Missionary accompanying the expedition of Captain Penny with separate post script, 2 leaves, handwritten copies
La Trobe, correspondence
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- Dates of Creation1853-1856
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- Physical Description16 letters
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The correspondence relates to Moravian missionaries, the Arctic explorer William Penny had sought to carry a missionary from Greenland to Cumberland Sound but had been unable to land in Greenland, later introducing a Moravian missionary during a voyage to Cumberland Sound in 1857.
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