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Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers
- Date
- 1853-1891
- By
- Atkinson, Harry Albert (Hon Sir), 1831-1892
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0091
- Description
Includes private and official inward correspondence, 1857-1890, chiefly relating to relations with Maoris, the Greymouth strike and schemes of federation and annexation in the Pacific. Official miscellanea relate chiefly to local body reports and imperial matters. Other material includes inward private correspondence of Mrs Jane and Lady Anne Atkinson, family matters, some vituperative notes from W H Skinner, and despatches and payrolls of the Taranaki Volunteers.
Folder 249 contains extract from a letter by Dr G H Scholefield in which he comments on the value of certain papers within the recently-acquired Atkinson papers, 1956
Arrangement: There are no folders 114-126, 240
Politician
Quantity: 149 folder(s). 1.50 Linear Metres.
Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.
Transfers: To Newspaper Collection - Copies of the Taranaki Herald, 22 Jun 1861-27 Oct 1866 (43 items) Originally in folders 193-235.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 149 folder(s), 1.50 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Business correspondence, Financial records, Publications (Documents), Notebooks, Manuscripts
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Miscellaneous personal papers - Accounts
Date: 1862-1891
From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0091-062
Description: Includes account from Geo. W Wilton, pharmacist at the Newtown Dispensary, Adelaide Road, Wellington, 1892; account from Samuel Taplin of Patea, 1884; entry (with annotations) to be placed in Thom's Official Directory of Great Britain and Ireland, 1890, for the Earl of Onslow, Governor General of New Zealand in 1889 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Official papers - Miscellaneous
Date: 1882-1883
From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0091-055
Description: Includes memo re Duntroon and Hakateramea Railway Company Ltd, 1882; letters from Reefton company directors of the Low Level Tunnell Company re selection of a candidate and other matters concerning the company, 1883; letter addressed to Secretary for Stamps re payment of the Native Land Stamp duty on leases granted under the Thermal Springs Act, 1882 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Printed material - Newspaper cuttings
Date: 1887
From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0091-246
Description: Cuttings re annexation of Fiji; North Island Trunk Railway and Ballance; letter from J C Harris enclosing balance sheet for 6 months ending Dec 1884 for New Zealand Times and New Zealand Mail Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Official papers - Miscellaneous
Date: 1880-1886
From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0091-051
Description: Contains Report of the Local Bills Committee on the New Plymouth Harbour Loan Bill; 2 copies of the New Plymouth Harbour Loan Bill, 1886; statistics re immigration for the period 1880-1886 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Miscellaneous accounts
Date: 1863-1866
From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0091-082
Description: Invoices made out to Miss Smith, Mrs Richmond and J C Richmond for goods purchased at Nelson, 1863-1866 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward correspondence
Date: 1882
From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0091-013B
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Official papers - Miscellaneous
Date: 1860s, 1882-1885
From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0091-056D
Description: Includes copy of bill entitled `An Act for promoting immigration and colonization in New Zealand, ca 1860s (to be called `The Colonization Act'); letter re Hansard reports, 1884; extract from minutes of the Patea County Council re Wanganui Patea Line, nd; note from W E Sadler re salaries paid to Members of Pariliament, nd; report on sexual abuse case involving James Jonathan Adams, his 10 year old daughter Genevieve, and George Longhurst, 1880; letter from Annexation Committee, Levuka, Fiji, 1885 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Official papers - Miscellaneous
Date: 1884-1887
From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0091-056A
Description: Includes confidential memo to Cabinet from Sir Robert Stout re federation and annexation in the Pacific, 1884; letter from Thomas Humphries re crown land, ca 1887 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Printed matter re Sir Arthur Gordon and the Colonial Office
Date: 1881
From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0091-238
Description: Open letter re Sir Arthur Gordon's letter to Colonial Office; newspaper cutting re sale of Maungaporau Block (situated between Wanganui and Waitotara Rivers), nd Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Miscellaneous accounts
Date: 1859
From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0091-090
Description: Names mentioned in accounts - J Blackett and Richard Chilman; W S Russell of Rutland Hotel, Wanganui; James Speed; George Bevan; James Woon; S Oliver; Hector McDonald; B Ferrers; John Cameron Jnr; R J Deighton; Robert Kirk Smith; Bett & Hood; James Mears, saddler Quantity: 1 folder(s).