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To South African Christian Recorder1   28 June 1836

On the whole, balancing all that we have heard, and all that we ourselves have seen concerning the missionaries in the Pacific, we are very much satisfied that they thoroughly deserve the warmest support, not only of individuals, but of the British Government.

Robt. FitzRoy Charles Darwin

*S 2

At sea, 28th June, 1836

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The original communication, published under the title ‘A Letter, Containing Remarks on the Moral State of Tahiti, New Zealand, &c.’ was in two parts: the first, longer section, written in the first person except for the three introductory paragraphs, and signed by FitzRoy alone, contained excerpts from CD’s journal. Both parts are published in Collected papers 1: 19–38.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-303,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-303