Letter from John McGarvie to George Hutchison, 9 March 1842

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9 March 1842

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Reverend Dr John McGarvie (1795-1853) was a Presbyterian minister who came to Sydney in 1826 from Glasgow in Scotland. He was personally selected by Rev. John Dunmore Lang as the first minister of the Ebenezer Church at Portland Head on the Hawkesbury, where he remained until 1830. He became a prolific writer, especially after his brother William co-founded the 'Sydney Herald' in 1831. Invited to start a second Presbyterian congregation he built the Scots Church in Kent Street near Bathurst Street in Sydney. The church opened for divine service in 1835, with McGarvie as its minister.

The letter was written by Reverend Dr John McGarvie from Sydney in 1842 and addressed to his friend George Hutchison in Glasgow. In the letter he discusses poverty & famine in Scotland, controversy concerning Dr Lang (the first Presbyterian minister in Sydney) and the Presbyterian Church, and the economic depressed state of the Colony of New South Wales, blaming Governor Major Sir George Gipps.
Address to Mr George Hutchison, Cochrane & Co., Frederick Street, Glasgow
Stamped: Paid Ship Letter Sydney with Crown, dated 10 March 1842; Glasgow 12 August 1842, 2 pm; 11 August 1842

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