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Samuel Swain - Log of the Vigilant
Date: 19 Oct 1831-2 Aug 1835
From: Chisholm, Jocelyn Bell, 1928-2010 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6729-2
Description: The log contains an account of the voyage of the Vigilant which left London in Oct 1831, rounded the Cape of Good Hope and headed for Indonesia. Calls were made at Timor (Mar-Jun 1832) and Ternate (Jul-Aug). The Vigilant then sailed north to New Guinea, whaled in New Ireland waters (Sep-Dec) and continued to the Bay of Islands, New Zealand (21 Feb-23 Mar 1833). Subsequent calls were made at Tongatapu, Tonga (29 Jun-5 Jul), Tutuila, Samoa (10-12 Jul), Bay of Islands (14-30 Oct; 30 Jan-4 Feb 1834), Norfolk Island (20-21 Feb), Bay of Islands (31 Mar-30 Apr), `Eua, Tonga (30 -31 May), Vava'u, Tonga (15-22 Jun), Manu'a, Samoa (25-27 Juun, 7-11 Sep), Savai'i, Samoa (2-4 Sep), Sydney (19 Oct-24 Nov), Bay of Islands (28 Feb-18 Mar 1835). The Vigilant returned to England via Cape Horn on 2 Aug 1835. Following the log is a list of ships sighted or mentioned with a page reference Relationship complexity - Typed transcript of PMB 976 (Micro-MS-Coll-08-0976) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (34 leaves). Physical Description: Typed transcript (photocopy)
Mair, Gilbert 1843-1923 : Papers relating to the New Zealand Wars
Date: 1863-1913
By: Mair, Gilbert, 1843-1923
Reference: MS-Papers-4862
Description: Contains copies of accounts, by William Gilbert Mair of the battles at Mauku, Oct 1863, Rangiriri, Nov 1863, Paterangi, Feb 1864 and Orakau, 1864, an account of the battle at Orakau as told by Hitiri te Paerata, correspondence between the Auckland Star, Gilbert Mair and Francis Dart Fenton dated 1894 concerning the Orakau battle, letter from William Gilbert Mair to Gilbert Mair from Samoa, dated 1899 and miscellaneous poems and quizz. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (43 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon copy) Provenance: Typescript was given by Gilbert Mair to Fred Ernest Smith the father of the donor
King, John Dunn b 1880 : Reminiscences, New Zealand and the tropic isles
Date: 1880-1945
By: King, John Dunn, 1880-
Reference: fMS-125
Description: Reminiscences of New Plymouth, 1880-1896, Samoa, 1896-1901, Fiji, 1901-1944, including accounts of politics and identities. Also includes `Patrica Salvador... a love story of Samoa' and `The Palolo of the South Seas' and records of risings to 1945 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 148 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript with ms corrections (41 cm; brown buckram)