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== Father Petit-Jean to Bishop George Augustus Selwyn, Bay of Islands, 11 May 1848 ==
 
== Father Petit-Jean to Bishop George Augustus Selwyn, Bay of Islands, 11 May 1848 ==
  
'''''D’après l’ébauche autographe'', APM Z 208'''
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'''''D’après l’ébauche autographe'', APM Z 208''' [English is the original language]
  
 
:My Lord
 
:My Lord
;[1]: I feel it is my duty to write to your Lordship in favor of
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;[1]: I feel it is my duty to write to your Lordship in favor of two young children, Elisabeth and Jane Farley who are at present at the Waimatea with their mother Riperata Maumau, the relict of Matthew Farley, and since married to the miller of te Waimate.
two young children, Elisabeth and Jane Farley who are at present
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;[2]: I must state to your Lordship that those two children have been baptised in the Roman Catholic Church, that their father [''p''. 2] died a Roman Catholic, the mother also remaining a Catholic. Now I regret to say that the same children, contrary to the will of their parents are trained up by the Reverend M(iste)r Borus in the principles and practices of the Church of England. They take advantage of their attending school to make them to pray in a church which is not their own; even are lead to protestant chapel on Sunday. I have already addressed in a letter to the reverend M(iste)r Borus, my humble but just representations on the subject, but it has been in vain, as I did not get any answer from that gentleman. Therefore, being the pastor of those young pupils, I am compelled to have recourse to your Lordship and in the name of the father who before his death protested that his children should be brought up in the Roman Catholic Church, and for the mother also who made me the most painful communications concerning the religious education of her children.
at the Waimatea with their mother Riperata Maumau, the relict of Matthew Farley, and since married to the miller of te Waimate.
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;[3]: I beg from your Lordship that through your kind interference with the reverend M(iste)r [''p''. 3] Borus and the school master at te Waimate, they should respect entirely the faith of their pupils and they would receive at their hands only a secular education.
;[2]: I must state to your Lordship that those two children have
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;[4]: I have the honour to be with the most profound r[es]pect, My Lord,
been baptised in the Roman Catholic Church, that their father
 
[''p''. 2] died a Roman Catholic, the mother also remaining a
 
Catholic. Now I regret to say that the same children, contrary to
 
the will of their parents are trained up by the Reverend M(iste)r
 
Borus in the principles and practices of the Church of England.
 
They take advantage of their attending school to make them to
 
pray in a church which is not their own; even are lead to
 
protestant chapel on Sunday. I have already addressed in a
 
letter to the reverend M(iste)r Borus, my humble but just
 
representations on the subject, but it has been in vain, as I did
 
not get any answer from that gentleman. Therefore, being the
 
pastor of those young pupils, I am compelled to have recourse
 
to your Lordship and in the name of the father who before his
 
death protested that his children should be brought up in the
 
Roman Catholic Church, and for the mother also who made
 
me the most painful communications concerning the religious
 
education of her children.
 
;[3]: I beg from your Lordship that through your kind
 
interference with the reverend M(iste)r [''p''. 3] Borus and the school
 
master at te Waimate, they should respect entirely the faith of
 
their pupils and they would receive at their hands only a secular
 
education.
 
;[4]: I have the honour to be with the most profound r[es]pect,
 
My Lord,
 
 
::your most humble and obedient servant,
 
::your most humble and obedient servant,
 
:::J(ean) Bap(tiste) Petit-Jean
 
:::J(ean) Bap(tiste) Petit-Jean
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:his Lordship
 
:his Lordship
 
:D(octo)r Selwyn.
 
:D(octo)r Selwyn.
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Father Petit-Jean to Bishop George Augustus Selwyn, Bay of Islands, 11 May 1848

D’après l’ébauche autographe, APM Z 208 [English is the original language]

My Lord
[1]
I feel it is my duty to write to your Lordship in favor of two young children, Elisabeth and Jane Farley who are at present at the Waimatea with their mother Riperata Maumau, the relict of Matthew Farley, and since married to the miller of te Waimate.
[2]
I must state to your Lordship that those two children have been baptised in the Roman Catholic Church, that their father [p. 2] died a Roman Catholic, the mother also remaining a Catholic. Now I regret to say that the same children, contrary to the will of their parents are trained up by the Reverend M(iste)r Borus in the principles and practices of the Church of England. They take advantage of their attending school to make them to pray in a church which is not their own; even are lead to protestant chapel on Sunday. I have already addressed in a letter to the reverend M(iste)r Borus, my humble but just representations on the subject, but it has been in vain, as I did not get any answer from that gentleman. Therefore, being the pastor of those young pupils, I am compelled to have recourse to your Lordship and in the name of the father who before his death protested that his children should be brought up in the Roman Catholic Church, and for the mother also who made me the most painful communications concerning the religious education of her children.
[3]
I beg from your Lordship that through your kind interference with the reverend M(iste)r [p. 3] Borus and the school master at te Waimate, they should respect entirely the faith of their pupils and they would receive at their hands only a secular education.
[4]
I have the honour to be with the most profound r[es]pect, My Lord,
your most humble and obedient servant,
J(ean) Bap(tiste) Petit-Jean
Catholic clergyman
to
his Lordship
D(octo)r Selwyn.
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