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Date: 1881-1901

From: Mackay, Alexander, 1833-1909 : Maori land papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2089-1

Description: Contains detailed whakapapa tables of the Ngati Toa tribe, with cross links into Te Ati Awa, relating to the purchase of the top of the South Island by the Crown; a copy of the Royal Commission relating to Ngati Toa (published in the AJHR 1881); correspondence dated 1901 regarding McKay's retirement; notes and a schedule of Maori rents in Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1832-1869

By: Whiteley, John, 1806-1869

Reference: qMS-2212-2213

Description: The journal records Whiteley's journey to NZ; his work as a Wesleyan missionary at Hokianga, Pakanae and Kawhia; a quarrel with Rev W White; an attempt at mediation in an intertribal war; his attitude to the Maori uprising; the Waitara problem, and the Taranaki war; his discussions with G Grey, D McLean and R Parris on Maori-Pakeha relations. Journal lacks entries for 1837, Jul 1843-1860 Quantity: 2 volume(s) (217 pages). Physical Description: Typescripts (34 cm; ½ Royal blue calf; 2nd copy, ¼ green leather)

Date: 1869

By: General Government Agency (N.Z.)

Reference: qMS-0832

Description: The meeting was called `the enable the inhabitants of Napier and its vicinity to express their opinion upon the withdrawal from Mr McLean of the powers heretofore exercised by him as General Government agent...' and discussed was McLean's record of service in Maori/Pakeha negotiations and politics by various residents Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (57 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (27 cm, red buckram)

Date: 1856-1861 (transcribed 2009)

By: Igglesden, Charles Moore, 1832-1920

Reference: MS-Group-1790

Description: Collection comprises typed transcriptions (analogue & electronic) of three letters from C M Igglesden in Wellington to his father in Chatham, Kent, describing the situation in New Zealand with the start of the New Zealand wars in Taranaki; he discusses the points of view of the settlers, the government, the Maori, his feelings about the destruction caused by war, the place of Christianity, his impression of Donald McLean and related matters. Igglesden kept a diary-letter during his 81-day voyage from England to Melbourne on the Mermaid and the extracts cover his experiences from when he reached the Australian coast in Feb 1856, and also from a letter written after his arrival at Wellington in 1857; he discusses the situation for new migrants. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript & electronic records

Date: 11-12 Dec 1874

Reference: MS-Papers-2520

Description: Account of a meeting held at Thames on 11 and 12 Dec to discuss payment for the Ohinemuri goldfield. The meeting was attended by Sir Donald McLean, James MacKay, Edward Walter Puckey and chiefs and members of the Ngati Maru, Ngati Tamatera, Ngati Whanaunga and Ngati Paoa tribes. Source of title - Transcribed Authorship of the document is unknown Quantity: 1 folder(s) (28 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: No details about the provenance of the document are available other than that it was found under a pile of newspapers in a cupboard in a house at Te Anau in about 1975. How it came to be there could not be established at that time.

Date: 1847-1867

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes

Reference: MS-Papers-6373-05

Description: Photocopies and transcripts of correpondence to Colenso concerning social and religious matters including marenatanga, hoko kakahu, tono pukapuka (kawenata hou), matakite-kupu whakaari. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1852

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-035/036-5

Description: A letter to Donald McLean in Wellington from Ihaia, with Maori text and an English translation. The letter concerns the management of land at Waitara. In addition there is an English translation of another Maori text concerning transfer of Maori land at Mohaka in 1852 with payment by McLean Quantity: 1 holograph. Physical Description: Ink on 3 sheets of paper, sizes vary

Date: 2009, 2012 [transcribed 2000-2012]

Reference: MS-Group-2215

Description: The collection contains two files of supporting documentation from the E Ma project, which transcribed and translated series 2 of the Donald McLean Papers, MS-Group-1551. Source of title - Supplied by library The translation project, \"E Ma: Nga Tuhituhinga ki a Makarini\" (E Ma), transcribed and translated the Maori letters sent to Sir Donald McLean from 1840 to 1877, which comprise series 2 of the Sir Donald McLean Papers held at the Turnbull Library (Reference number MS-Group-1551). The 3000 letters comrpise the largest surviving accumulation of nineteenth-century letters in Maori. The earlier letters are mainly from Maori in those areas where McLean was active as an official. The transcriptions and translations are working documents created using the microfilm copy of the collection, rather than the original documents. Each letter has been translated and reviewed by two people and every effort was made to achieve accurate translations. The transcriptions of the letters use modern orthography for ease of reading, and current forms of names and places. The transcriptions and translations have been added to the to the descriptive record for each letter, along with the digitised image of the letter, so readers may apply their own analysis and understanding to these materials. The item records for the individual letters, along with scanned copies of the handwritten letters, are available in Series 2: Inward letters (Maori) of the Sir Donald McLean Papers, Reference number MS-Group-1551. Quantity: 2 Electronic document(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Provenance: The E Ma Project is a team of Te Reo scholars comprising team leader, Dr Ngapare Hopa and main translator, Dr Jane McRae.

Date: 1850-1869

From: Bell family: Collection

Reference: PA1-o-735

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1832-1863

By: Whiteley, John, 1806-1869

Reference: MS-2390

Description: Records Whiteley's journey to New Zealand; work as a Methodist missionary at Hokianga, Pakanae and Kawhia; quarrel with the Rev W White; attempt at mediation in an intertribal war; attitude to the Waitara question and the Taranaki war; discussions with Sir George Grey, Donald McLean and R R Parris on Maori and Pakeha relations; journal lacks entries Jul 1843-1860 Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - See typed transcript available (qMS-2212 or qMS-2213) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (542 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (20cm, ½ blue calf, blue slip case)

Date: 1853

By: Swainson, George Frederick, 1829-1870; Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986

Reference: MapColl-832.4gbbd/1853/Acc.24902

Description: Sketch map of the province of Wellington, with topographical features including rivers, and depicting three major pieces of information as at December 1853 (tinted blue): the quantity of land purchased from the Maori (as at July 1953 1,469,700 and tinted pink and as at December 1853 3,168,600), the estimated quantity of available land (5,172,084), and the estimated quantity of waste land (2,161,317) as per Commissioner Donald Mclean's statement. The total of these lands is given as 10,502,001. A note on the map states that 'the contents of the purchases tinted blue are only approximated - not having been surveyed'. The land blocks identified include Ahiaruhe, Puketoi, Hapuka, Ahuriri, Mohaka, Whanganui and Rangitikei. Please note that the blue and pink tints on the map are indistinguishable due to the copy being in black and white. Map signed by the draughtsman, GF Swainson and by M Fitzgerald, surveyor in charge, 1853. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale [1:1 267 200], 31 x 38 cm. Provenance: Donated by A.G. Bagnall.

Date: 1850

By: King, William Cutfield, 1829-1861

Reference: MS-Papers-4424

Description: Diary covers the period 30 April 1850 to 20 July 1850 and gives an account of the journey King took with McLean during this time. It describes the overland and river journey from Waitara to Wellington, on to the Wairarapa and then back to Taranaki along the coast, with comments on people met and places visited. Source of title - supplied title Relationship complexity - Holograph transcript in T W Downes' hand at qMS-0630 William King was the only son of Captain Henry King and came to New Zealand when he was quite young. Receiving his education in New Plymouth, he took up farming on a considerable scale at Woodleigh. He married Elizabeth Mary Richardson in 1855. In 1857 he was elected to represent Omata in the Provincial Council. During the war in Taranaki he held a captain's commission in the Taranaki militia and in Nov 1860 he was elected to represent Bell and Grey in Parliament but he did not take his seat as he was killed in Feb 1861 at Woodleigh. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (32 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) Provenance: Diary was purchased by the Canterbury Museum as part of the A H Johnstone collection. Johnstone was a bookseller and it is suspected he obtained this diary from T W Downes' estate. It appears that T W Downes wrongly attributed this diary to Major Brassey and a holograph transcript of this diary in Downes' hand is part of Downes, T W `Whanganui River stories and Major Brassey's diary, 1850' (qMS-0630). Downes has written `Major Brassey's Diary, 1850' on the front page of the original King diary. Canterbury Museum provided Alexander Turnbull Library with a photocopy of the original.

Date: [ca 1877-1894]

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1037

Description: Most of the papers in this folder relate to R D D Maclean and includes correspondence relating to the engagement of one of his staff, Hugh McDonald, to Catherine McNeil, Glasgow (1879), receipts, accounts, memberships, charitable donations, requests for assistance in navigating bureaucracies and similar situations and other papers. Also includes letter forwarded by J S Droney, written by Excelsus, on ethereal matters (appears to be in the same hand). Identified persons entered under Name. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Sotheby's in 1969

Date: 8 Jul 1857-31 Jul 1858

By: Grindell, James Stephen, 1823-1900

Reference: qMS-0891

Description: Journal includes details of negotiations with Maori over land purchases and methods used by purchasers, including McLean, in southern Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa and Manawatu. Grindell's associates included Cooper, Kempthorne and William N Searancke. There is also information about surveying work undertaken by Grindell in north Wairarapa Source of title - Supplied Grindell was a licensed interpreter working under Donald McLean Quantity: 1 volume(s) (59 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (27 cm, green buckram)

Date: 1856-1861, 1952

By: Igglesden, William, 1801-1866

Reference: MS-Papers-7864

Description: Three letters from C M Igglesden in Wellington to his father in Chatham, Kent, describing the situation in New Zealand with the start of the New Zealand wars in Taranaki; he discusses the points of view of the settlers, the government, the Maori, his feelings about the destruction caused by war, the place of Christianity, his impression of Donald McLean and related matters. Also included is a photocopy of an article entitled `Settling in New Zealand a century ago' taken from the C M Igglesden letters to W Watkins, Worcester (Fortnightly, Mar 1952). Igglesden kept a diary-letter during his 81-day voyage from England to Melbourne on the Mermaid and the extracts cover his experiences from when he reached the Australian coast in Feb 1856, and also from a letter written after his arrival at Wellington in 1857; he discusses the situation for new migrants. Source of title - Supplied Other - Original letter/diary and letter, 1856-1857 at 78-256-2; typed transcript at MS-Papers-9136 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and printed matter (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr and Mrs B Igglesden, Wellington, Oct 2003

Date: Aug-Nov 1863

From: Mantell family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0083-236

Description: Correspondence about escalating tensions between the Ngati Raukawa and Rangitane/ Ngati Apa tribes. Mentions desire of the Government to avert inter-tribal hostilities and innitiative by Tamihana Te Rauparaha to resolve the dispute in the Arbitration Court. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1865-1919

By: Anderson, Philip Cuthbert, 1848-1932

Reference: qMS-0068-0069

Description: Anglican clergyman's reminiscences of voyage to New Zealand on board the `Ulcoats' in 1865 and life in New Zealand country districts, particularly Taradale and Akaroa; includes (l 258-290) a copy of his The Chatham Islands, Christchurch 1882, marked for republication with appendix to 2nd edition; also (l 606-664), reminiscences of Sir George Grey, Whitmore, William Russell and Donald McLean Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - The Chatham Islands Quantity: 2 volume(s) (644 leaves). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, printed matter (photocopy, 37cm, brown buckram)

Date: 1874-1936

By: McLean family

Reference: MSX-4716

Description: Comprises typescripts of speech by McLean at Napier (1874); letter from J S Thomson to McLean with poem, Clan MacLean (1925); reference to McLean from the `Dominion' (1936); copy of article by James Cowan, `Marae-kakaho; the station and the late chief, stories of the MacLeans, hosts of the "swaggies"' (Auckland Star, 23 Feb 1929); `Shearing at Maraekakaho' by our Hastings correspondent (Daily Telegraph, 28 Nov 1894); `Frontier days; when McLean met Tawhiao, King Country home rule', by J C (Auckland star, 23 June 1934); `Re the New Zealand natives (1838); `Ka mate! Ka mate!; a tale of Te Rauparaha' by Ben Keys; `Famous Otatara Pa, outline of its history, Mr Prentice of Taradale'; `Bygone days, romantic Wellington, some "haunted houses", makers of history (for the `Times'); and `Bolton Street Cemetery; some early history' Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon copies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms Darea Sherratt, Wellington, Nov 1974

Date: 1857

By: Hawke's Bay Art Gallery and Museum; Scarfe, Alan, active 2002

Reference: MapColl-832.3gbbd/1857/Acc.39062

Description: Map of Donald McLean's farm property, named Maraekakahu [Maraekakaho] Run, showing several numbered blocks, Crown land within the Run, and the neighbouring properties of T Mason, H W P Smith, the Maraekakahu [Maraekakaho] River, the Mangaonuku River, the road from Kereru to Maraekakahu [Maraekakaho] and another road (name difficult to decipher), and the bordering Maori land blocks Raukawa West and Ngatarawa no. 3. Other Titles - [Donald McLean's station], Maraekakaho District 1857 Inscriptions: Stamped Hawkes Bay Museum Library Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 19.5 x 28 cm

Date: 1849-1856

By: Skinner, Thomas (Rev), 1821-1866

Reference: MS-1950

Description: The part of the volume kept by Skinner describes Sunday school teaching and managing the industrial department of the Grey Institution, New Plymouth; also several letters to J Whiteley, including one from Kawhia, 1856. A certification of Skinner's marriage to Hannah Taylor by William Woon is inserted. Includes Index to the Holy Scriptures and to critical remarks and illustrations of particular passages, commenced Sep 1843. [Signed: J Skevington], parts of which are scattered throughout the volume. Language - Some words and phrases recorded and translated Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (123 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (24cm, brown cloth in binder folder) Provenance: The volume appears to be one used first by John Skevington who was also a Wesleyan minister and taken over by Skinner in 1847.