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Date: 2003

By: Williamson, Stephen, active 2003

Reference: MS-Group-1375

Description: Comprises commentary by Williamson on the diary kept by James Williamson Fedarb giving his family background, his association with whaling, the missionaries, traders, mining, the Treaty of Waitangi etc; appendices including date on wills, certificates, corresppondence, an obituary for Fedarb etc; also transcription of diary by Williamson and indexes to the diary of people, boats and places Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s). 1 megabyte(s) textual material. 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr S Williamson, Rogerstone, Newport, South Wales, Dec 2003

Date: [ca 1871-1894]

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1008

Description: List of deeds, receipts and other documents forwarded to Kinross & Co, relating to Ngatarawa and other blocks, which includes memoranda by W K McLean relative to Ngatarawa Blocks 4 and 5; draft of proposed reply to natives; receipt, Apirana Te Ururorangi (1894); and part of letter to Sir Donald from unidentified correspondent of Tapuaiharuru re changes to station, local Maori want Land Court to sit at Ohinemutu, development of roads etc so hot springs can become more accessible to tourists, the sale of land said to have gold, near Tuhua and related matters (1875) Language - Receipt and draft of proposed reply Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Sotheby's in 1969

Date: 1860-1895

From: Ramsden, George Eric Oakes, 1898-1962 : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-0196-341B

Description: Contains copies of speeches by King Tawhiao and others, on the occasion of the laying down of arms in 1881, together with a narrative account of this and related events. Also a listing of Kingitanga supporters in the Hauraki and Bay of Plenty, where hapu have signed over their land to the mana of King Tawhiao; the list is of the hapu affiliated to the Kingitanga, the names of members of the hapu and the rohe of the hapu. Contains copies of letters from King Tawhiao to various politicians warning them not to heed the land claims of various people with regard to the Poutama block near Mokau, because he controlled the land . The item also contains a `doomsday book' of Kingitanga supporters in the Hauraki and Bay of Plenty, where hapu have signed over their land to the mana of King Tawhiao; the book contains a list of hapu that affiliated to the Kingitanga, the names of members of the hapu and the rohe of the hapu. Also contains addresses by various local body authorities in Waikato to King Tawhiao, to mark the occasion of his visit to them; there is a printed item about `Ko te korero o te haerenga mai o Kiingi Tawhiao ki Akarana', information about land sales at Horahora and Maungatautari (with lists of vendors), and notes about the relationship of the Kingitanga and the Kotahitanga in the 1890s. Quantity: 1 box(es). Physical Description: Mss Grey phase box