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Cooke, John George, ca 1819-1880 : Reminiscences
Date: 1876
By: Cooke, John George, 1819?-1880
Reference: qMS-0542
Description: Family and personal history in England until the settlement in New Plymouth, 1841, with references to Jane Austen and her family (pp. 20,21,34,35). Account of voyage to New Zealand on Amelia Thompson, 1841. General account of the colonisation of the North Island, especially Taranaki, and history of relations with Maori there; also of Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Taupo, Otaki, Manawatu, Wanganui, Waikato, Lakes Tarawera and Rotoaira, 1841-1850 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (90 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (¼ blue morocco, blue buckram; 30 cm)
Smith, Stephenson Percy 1840-1922 : Notes of a journey from Taranaki to Mokau, Taupo, R...
Date: 1858
By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922
Reference: qMS-1832
Description: Typescript copy of a rare pamphlet Quantity: 1 volume(s) (66 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; green linen)
Tiffen, Frederick John 1828-1911 : Letter, Homewood, [Patangata, Hawke's Bay, to] Belin...
Date: 7 Feb 1857
By: Tiffen, Frederick John, 1828-1911
Reference: MS-Papers-3786
Description: Letter to Tiffen's sister in England describing a horseback journey from Homewood, at Patangata, Hawke's Bay to Taupo, Rotomahana, Whakatane and back. Describes in detail the landscape, particularly in the thermal areas, and the people he met along the way, mostly Maori but also the family of the Rev Seymour Mills Spencer. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (18 leaves). Physical Description: Typed transcript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Mr G S J Read, Lower Hutt, 1983
Dansey, Roger Delamere, 1851-1933 : Reminiscences
Date: 1869-1886
By: Story, Edith Mary, 1861-1942
Reference: MS-Papers-1138
Description: Reminiscences as told to Mrs E M Story of Dansey's work as a telegraph linesman and member of the Armed Constabulary at Taupo and then as a telegraph operator at Rotorua where he witnessed the eruption of Tarawera, 1886 Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - Our fathers have told us Quantity: 1 folder(s) (36 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)
District Officer, Napier - Letters to the editor in Maori
Date: 1874-1879
From: White, John, 1826-1891 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0075-059
Description: Contains letters from Maori to various newspapers on a range of topics, including religion, land tenure, politics (local and national) and the payment of subscriptions (nb most of the letters were subsequently published) also includes a letter to Te Wananga newspaper from Rihimona Te Rango notifying the death of his daughter Waina, with discussion about the circumstances of her illness, the role of tohunga etc. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Previously from 2/1 Official Papers series Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece level inventory available. Transfers: At fMS-Papers-13005.. Processing information: Oversized letters separated for reasons of storage and preservation.