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Rolleston, Marion : Papers relating to John Hunter Brown and other relations
- Date
- 1871-1920
- By
- Rolleston, Marion, active 2005-2010Brown, John Hunter, 1852-1918; Brown, Adam, 1826-1892; Blackley, Samuel, 1879-1963
- Reference
- MS-Group-1918
- Description
Shipboard diary of two voyages to New Zealand in 1880 and 1884 of Adam Brown. Shipboard diary 1905. Letters from John Hunter Brown of Whakaki station near Wairoa to his father Adam Brown in Scotland, after his return there. Diary of 1897 voyage and travel in New Zealand to Wairoa and Waiheke by Stephen Brown, brother of JH Brown. Letters from Adam Brown and his sister Catherine Hunter to JH Brown
Letters from Ashley J Hunter, a young immigrant from London (1871), to his mother and siblings, describing his life and work in New Zealand
Workbook of Samuel Blackley at Glasgow University
Lease for land, here Here Tai Block, bewteen Teira Areta and George Burton, 1807, with Maori signatories
Quantity: 5 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 0.20 Linear Metres.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 5 folder(s), 2 volume(s), 0.20 Linear Metres, Manuscripts
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Waiheke Island letters - to Brown family members
Date: 1886-1888
From: Rolleston, Marion : Papers relating to John Hunter Brown and other relations
Reference: MS-Papers-10250-4
Description: Letters to Adam Brown from his nephew (and beneficiary) Captain John Brown Kennedy of Putiki Bay, Waiheke Island, which include descriptions of the Tarawera eruption, family news, reports on farming during the depression (1885-1900), and matters of family finance Includes letters to her husband's aunt Catherine Hunter (`Aunt Hunter') written by JB Kennedy's wife, Jessie Gillespie Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Adam Brown - Diary
Date: 1880-1881, 1884-1885
From: Rolleston, Marion : Papers relating to John Hunter Brown and other relations
Reference: MSX-8702
Description: Diary written by Adam Brown (from Bennan in Dumfriesshire, Scotland). It describes his voyages from London to Sydney on the `Indus', from Sydney to Wellington on the `Clansman' and his travels around New Zealand. Also describes the purchase of a run Whakaki near Wairoa, and his return voyage to Scotland, via the Pacific, Honolulu and North America. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss
Stephen Brown - Diary
Date: 1897
From: Rolleston, Marion : Papers relating to John Hunter Brown and other relations
Reference: MSX-8703
Description: Diary of Stephen Brown, describing his voyage from England to Sydney on the `Arcadia', and from Sydney to Wellington on the `Mararoa'. Also describes his travels in New Zealand, his visit to his brother John Hunter Brown's run Whakaki, near Wairoa, and his return voyage to England, via the Pacific, Honolulu and North America. Includes a brochure - `Handbook of information for passengers & shippers' - from the Pacific Mail Steamship Company Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss
Letters from John Hunter Brown and others to Stephen Brown
Date: 1887-1920
From: Rolleston, Marion : Papers relating to John Hunter Brown and other relations
Reference: MS-Papers-10250-3
Description: Letters from John Hunter Brown of Whakaki station, Wairoa, to his brother Stephen in Scotland, mainly relating to farming Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932: Letters / transcribed by Timothy A Hunter
Date: 1871-1878 (transcribed, 1971)
From: Rolleston, Marion : Papers relating to John Hunter Brown and other relations
Reference: fMS-Papers-10250
Description: Transcription of letters to his mother and younger brother and sister, from a young immigrant. The first was written during the voyage of the`Halcione' which arrived in Wellington on 24 August 1871. Letters describe his arrival and early years in Wellington, the opening of his photography studio in Manners Street, his training as an engineering cadet in the Public Works Office, and subsequent employment in the Waikato Railways Office in 1874. Also includes descriptions of travel in the North Island, and his marriage. Letters end with the arrival of his younger brother Stanley in October 1878. Transcription made by Timothy A Hunter, a great-nephew of Ashley Hunter, in 1971 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)
John Hunter Brown - Letters from his father, aunts and others
Date: 1881-1893
From: Rolleston, Marion : Papers relating to John Hunter Brown and other relations
Reference: MS-Papers-10250-2
Description: Letters from Adam Brown and Catherine Hunter of Bennan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, father and aunt of JH Brown of Whakaki, Wairoa, New Zealand. Letters discuss family matters, and other issues relating mainly to farming and finance. Also contains letters from other writers: WE Leach, Annie Batten (another aunt of JH Brown), and Mary Kennedy Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Letters from John Hunter Brown to his father and aunt
Date: 1880-1891
From: Rolleston, Marion : Papers relating to John Hunter Brown and other relations
Reference: MS-Papers-10250-1
Description: Letters written mainly to Brown's father Adam Brown, and to an aunt Catherine (`Aunt Hunter'), describing life at Whakaki station. Includes descriptions of the pasture, the weather, the condition of stock (sheep and cattle), prices of stock and wool, visitors and local people, financial matters, and issues relating to Maori land. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss