MANUSCRIPT
Brown, Ellinor Jane Hunter, 1840-1929 : Papers
- Date
- 1839-1947
- By
- Brown, Ellinor Jane Hunter, 1840-1929Bidwill, Catherine, 1826-1894; Brown family; Brown, Charles Hunter, 1826-1898; Abraham family
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0101
- Description
Forthright and articulate letters of a family prominent in Anglican affairs in England and New Zealand. Topics include the 1848 revolutions, an indignant account of the Second Spring of the Catholic hierarchy, the Crimean War, the European War 1914-1918; strikes and most social or religious movements of the time. Also typescript of Catherine Orbell's voyage to New Zealand in the ship "Mariner".
Charles's correspondence include his mother Ann, sisters Eliza, Della and Mary, which continue after Charles emigration to New Zealand in 1849, up to June 1855 when Mary wrote to report Dell's death. Ellinor's correspondence deals chiefly with family and religious matters, including letters from her mother Caroline, 1871-1872; sister Annie, 1872-1874, and Mary, 1868-1872; cousin Caroline Abraham, 1868-1872; Alice Lloyd, 1875; Mary Ann Martin, 1872; A M Nihill, en route to England on the Chatham, 1856; Sarah Sewyn, 1867-1868; and Elizabeth Sewell, 1865.
Source of title - Supplied title
Ellinor met Charles Hunter Brown in Auckland during 1860, where she was staying with relatives Caroline and Archdeacon Charles Abraham. They married on 5 February 1861 and lived in Auckland, Napier and Wairoa, before settling on their property `Long Look Out', at Nelson, April 1866.
Quantity: 60 folder(s).
Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Microfilm available. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0670
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- No access restrictions
- Format
- 60 folder(s), Personal correspondence, Manuscripts
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Reminiscences of Henry Hunter Brown - Fiji, Australia
Date: 1893 [ie 1894]-1897
From: Brown, Ellinor Jane Hunter, 1840-1929 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0101-51
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Charles Hunter Brown - Summary of diaries and notebooks
From: Brown, Ellinor Jane Hunter, 1840-1929 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0101-38
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: For fuller description of the contents of this folder see inventory.
Catherine and Macleod Orbell - Reminiscences
Date: n d
From: Brown, Ellinor Jane Hunter, 1840-1929 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0101-42
Description: Includes shipboard diary kept by Catherine Orbell on board the `Mariner' 1849 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (33 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript
Ellinor Jane Hunter Brown (nee Abraham) - Correspondence
Date: 1874
From: Brown, Ellinor Jane Hunter, 1840-1929 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0101-18
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Ellinor Jane Hunter Brown (nee Abraham) - Correspondence
Date: 1872
From: Brown, Ellinor Jane Hunter, 1840-1929 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0101-12
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Reminiscences of Henry Hunter Brown - Farming, mining
Date: 1886-1894
From: Brown, Ellinor Jane Hunter, 1840-1929 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0101-50
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Ellinor Jane Hunter Brown (nee Abraham) - Correspondence
Date: 1875
From: Brown, Ellinor Jane Hunter, 1840-1929 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0101-19
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Ellinor Jane Hunter Brown (nee Abraham) - Correspondence
Date: 1848-1867
From: Brown, Ellinor Jane Hunter, 1840-1929 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0101-16
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Charles Hunter Brown - Inward correspondence
Date: 1851-1853
From: Brown, Ellinor Jane Hunter, 1840-1929 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0101-06
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Detailed description of contents in inventory.
Ellinor Abraham - Correspondence
Date: 1863, 1865, nd
From: Brown, Ellinor Jane Hunter, 1840-1929 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0101-25
Description: Includes two letters from C F Abraham and one to W D Mantell Quantity: 1 folder(s).