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Correspondence Baden-Powell to Cossgrove; 1909

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Correspondence Baden-Powell to Cossgrove
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A letter between Baden-Powell (founder of Scouting) dated 16 July, 1909 to Major Cossgrove (organiser in New Zealand ) covering general items of organisation and encouragement.
Date Made
1909
Object Type
Correspondence

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The Boy Scout movement in New Zealand began in 1908, the same year in which General (later, Lord) Baden-Powell launched the movement in the United Kingdom. The first Dominion Chief Scout was Lt.-Col. D. Cossgrove, who was responsible for the early organisation of Scouting and placing it on a firm footing in this country. Colonel Cossgrove was an acquaintance of Lord Baden-Powell, and it was through personal correspondence and the adoption of Baden-Powell's ideas that the foundation of the organi...
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