Straith, Major H.

Major H. Straith was a member of the Church Missionary Society.1 In this letter to Pakington, he makes suggestions for the establishment of Schools for the moral training & instruction of the Native Tribes to follow the model of [the] industrial Boarding Schools that had been set up in New Zealand.

1. Church Missionary of Society Archives - North America, Mission Books - C.1/M5 - Reel 5.

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Mentions of this person in the documents

Grey, Governor George
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Grey, Third Earl Henry George 31 October 1851, CO 305:3, no. 484, 65.
Straith, Major H. to Pakington, Captain John Somerset 28 February 1852, CO 305:3, no. 1836, 484.

Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

Straith, Major H.