Autograph letter signed from Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier, Sydney New South Wales

Item

Title
Autograph letter signed from Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier, Sydney New South Wales
Subject
Missionaries
Catholic Church
Oceania
Sydney (N.S.W.)
Category
1. Settlement
Author
Pompallier, Jean Baptiste Francois
Keywords
Marist Mission
Current holder
State Library of New South Wales
Date
October 23, 1837
Link
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1kVdp4Rn
Series number
MLDOC 1373
Item number
1kVdp4Rn
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
Australia
Language 
French
Description from source
Full title: Autograph letter in French signed from Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier, Sydney New South Wales to the very Rev. Jean Claude Colin, 23 October 1837. 1 folder of textual material - manuscript. This is a copy. Original in possession of Marist Fathers, General House, Rome, 1968.
Physical format
Letters
Abstract 
Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier was Bishop of Maronee [i.e. Maronea], vicar apostolic of Western Oceania. Letter reporting on the prospects for the Marist Mission in the Pacific and recommending Sydney as its headquarters.
Related resources 
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/7CAEM9WP/