Leigh, Samuel, 1785-1852

Date: 22 Feb 1818-28 Feb 1825

By: Lawry, Walter (Rev), 1793-1859

Reference: qMS-1142

Description: Covers Lawry's chaplaincy aboard the convict ship Lady Castlereagh; work as a methodist minister at Parramatta 1818-1820; departure for Tonga and visit to Bay of Islands Jan 1822; Tongan years 1822-1823; return to England 1825 and first few months there. Entries generally made weekly. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (155 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (Carbon copy), 38 cm, green buckram

Date: Apr 1822

By: Leigh, Samuel, 1785-1852

Reference: MS-Papers-0335

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (Photocopy)

Date: 1821-1827

From: Wesleyan missionary letters

Reference: MS-Papers-2624-03

Description: Materials of New Zealand interest included are printed 'Instructions of the Committee of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society to Mr Leigh and Mr Morgan, the former going to establish Missions in New Zealand and the Friendly Islands, the other to the River Gambia ... Jan 17 1821' the former including 'Additional instructions to Mr Leigh' with rules for conduct of the missionaries, the regulation of expenses and supplies etc. Copy of extract of instructions to Mr Clarke from Thomas Raine and G D Browne, 1827 (cf MS-Papers-3383). Letter from John Hobbs to George Erskine, 13 Feb 1826, Nathaniel Turner to Ralph Mansfield, 24 July 1826, R. Watson to George Erskine, 19 May 1825 re why it is best that William White be married. Contents: Piece level inventory available Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [Between 1822 and 1852]

By: Gilmore, Leslie Robert Montrose (Rev), 1915-1982

Reference: PAColl-0357

Description: Photograph of a drawing of Samuel Leigh, the first Wesleyan Methodist missionary to New Zealand. Artist and photographer unidentified. Samuel Leigh was appointed as a missionary to New Zealand in 1821. His first mission was at Whangaroa. In 1820 he had married Catherine Clowes, who died in 1831, and in 1842 he married Elizabeth Kaye. Although the date of the image is not known Samuel Leigh arrived in New Zealand in January 1822 and died in 1852. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1818-1925

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2974

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1823-1830

From: Wesleyan Missionary Society : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-0066-01

Description: Letters from Wesleyan Missionary Society, London, mostly to George Erskine and Ralph Mansfield and largely concerning the financial troubles of the Australasian mission. There are remarks about the New Zealand mission amd its personnel as well as the Tongan mission and some remarks about printing for the missions. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 31 Dec 1828

By: Leigh, Samuel, 1785-1852

Reference: MS-Papers-0815

Description: Comprises photocopy of an address presented to Leigh on his departure from Parramatta for England in Dec 1828 and signed by 16 people Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy)

Date: 1818-1840

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster collection and papers / of Kenneth Athol Webster

Reference: MS-Papers-1009-2/38

Description: Consists of letters from: - S Robins (2 Jun 1840) Extract of a letter from the Rev Samuel Leigh to the secretaries of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, New Zealand, re Kendall (6 Apr 1833) John Thornton to James Square re booking passage for some Maori (23 Sep 1818) Henry Goulburn to John Thornton re booking passages for some Maori (30 Sep 1818) Cuttings from the Colchester Gazette; one about Teterree and Tooi (two Maori in England), and a letter to the editor expressing criticism of the Church Missionary Society (25 Apr 1818) Minutes of the Committee of Missionary Settlers on board the Brig Active (9 Nov 1819) S Marsden to Rev R Hill, Parramatta re the dissolution of the Corresponding Committee (13 Nov 1821) Thomas Hassall to Rev J Pratt, Parramatta, requesting an appointment in Australia (6 Aug 1823) List of items purchased from John Sorby & Sons by the Church Missionary Society for freighting to New Zealand (12 Jul 1829) J A Wilson, Paihia re the purchase of a seraphim (7 Dec 1837) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1880 - 1890

By: Boscawen, John Hugh, 1851-1937

Reference: E-206-q-006

Description: A silhouette portrait of Samuel Leigh, showing him in profile, formally dressed and in a top hat, with a walking stick. He is depicted as very overweight. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Copy of an old silhouette drawing. H. B. [monogram]. Also title inscribed on verso in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 315 x 196 mm Provenance: Donation: J I McDonald, Wellington, 11 March 1930

Date: 1973

From: Paul, Janet Elaine (Dame), 1919-2004 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5640-044

Description: Letter from Mitchell Library regarding the Australian painter Richard Read, plus photocopies of articles on Read. Research attempting to establish if Read was the artist of Maori portraits attributed to Rev Samuel Leigh Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph, typescript and printed matter (photocopies)

From: Strachan, Alexander :Remarkable incidents in the life of of the Rev. Samuel Leigh... by Rev. Alexander Strachan. (London, Hamilton Adams & Co., 1863)

By: Jackson, John, 1778-1831; Stodart, George, active 1800-1830

Reference: PUBL-0157-front

Description: Half length portrait of Rev. Samuel Leigh, dressed in white cravat and dark suit Based on an oil painting held by the Methodist Missionary Society, London, see negative 22558 1/2. Extended Title - From: Strachan, Alexander. The life of the Rev. Samuel Leigh. (London, 1863). Frontispiece Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 93 x 74 mm

Date: [ca 1840-1954]

By: Williams, Charles Skinner, active 1954

Reference: PA1-o-726

Description: Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-5166 : Williams, Charles Skinner, fl 1954 : A Collection of legends and tales of Whangaroa.

Date: 1824

By: Tyerman, Daniel, 1773-1828

Reference: A-263-001

Description: Shows Wesleydale mission station established in 1823 by Samuel Leigh and William White. The view is from above, looking down, with the mission buildings and fences to the right, tall trees (possibly kauri), the Kaeo River and exaggerated surrounding peaked hills, including the terraced conical shape of Pohue, at that stage the pa of the chief 'George' who blew up the Boyd in Whangaroa Harbour. The original for an engraving 'Wesley Dale, New Zealand' published in Bennet, George & Daniel Tyerman. Journal of voyages and travels ... London, Snow, 1831, v. 2 facing p. 138 Other Titles - Wesleydale Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 205 x 285 mm Provenance: Previously etate of Miss Montgomery, Surrey, England.