Places

Date: 1848-1850

By: Sommerville, James, active 1848-1850

Reference: qMS-1851

Description: Somerville records the journey of the `Ann' which called at Bay of Islands (4-14 Jan 1849). His entries are mainly concerned with weather and handling the ship. Also included are logs of the brigantine `Lovett' (7 Aug-4 Oct 1849?) and schooner `Brilliant' (18 Apr-26 May 1850?) and newspaper clippings giving sailing directions. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (94 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) & printed matter (25 cm; navy buckram)

Date: 1840-1867

By: Luce, John Proctor, 1827-1869

Reference: Micro-MS-0932

Description: The microfilm comprises six journals (1852-1867), copy of typescript letter (1840) and `Pilgrimage to Jerusalem' by Luce (7-13 Oct 1841) The journals are described as private journals; vols 1-4 covering 1852 to 1863 and Luce's service including Portsmouth, Karatch Bay, Malta, Cape Coast, Sierra Leone and Dahomey Luce writes of his service in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific in volumes 5 and 6. Volume 5 (1864-1866) includes an index of contents, notes and clippings and detailed descriptions of the `Esk' being at Auckland, going to Tauranga, the East Coast and Poverty Bay, Wellington, New Hebrides, Fiji and Sydney, with descriptions of cattle trade, a journey to Wanganui. Also includes lists of letters written and sent, and received, readable books in the ship's library and of `Officers and dates of dining with me'. Volume 6 (1866-1867), which is described as a very rough notebook, includes a photograph of Luce (1865) and clippings and covers the `Esk' being in Auckland, Thames, Norfolk Island, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fiji, Tonga and the Friendly Islands. Includes description of a trip round and up the Waikato River and a cruise from Thames to Wellington. Source of title - Supplied Luce served with the Royal Navy from 1840; these journals cover the period 1852 to 1867 and include time served on the `Esk' in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: The Back file includes a printout of the contents of the microfilm. Provenance: Originals presented to the Royal Anthropolgical Institute in Sep 1970 by Luce's great-grandson, John Reid; this copy was made for the library. Photograph of Luce at beginning of volume 6

Date: 7 Aug 1849-29 Oct 1850

By: Whitby, George, active 1849-1850

Reference: qMS-2199

Description: Log of the ship "Pekin" on a voyage for the New Zealand Company from England to New Zealand and return, kept by George Whitby, Commander. The "Pekin" left England on 6 Aug 1849 carrying emigrants bound for Port Chalmers, Wellington, New Plymouth and Nelson. The log usually contains one page of text per day while the ship is at sea. The entries largely consist of navigational figures, wind directions and weather conditions, although passengers and crew members are occasionally mentioned. It includes seven pages of detailed description of and comments on the New Zealand ports visited by the "Pekin". Accompanying material - Accompanied by single sheets in Whitby's hand, including prayer, copy of letter dated 6 Jan 1850, two sheets of calculations, and a copy of the crew list (with Wyngate Manuscripts' catalogue description). Also typed transcript of entries 5 Dec 1849 & 16 Jan 1850 done by Jocelyn Chisholm, Jan 1997 Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (350 pages). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (25 cm; marbled paper on boards, in black box)

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957

Reference: B-031-016

Description: Two Pakeha beaching a rowboat on the shore in the foreground, watched by a Maori man, a small child and a dog. Two further Maori and a dog are walking away in the distance. The view is from the western shore of Wellington Harbour, possibly close to Kaiwharwhara, looking towards Petone in the distance. The western hills are shown covered in bush Other Titles - View of Petone Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in brushpoint Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 228 x 470 mm

Date: 28 Feb 1848-18 Dec 1851

By: Havannah HMS (Ship)

Reference: MSY-4239

Description: Comprises the log of HMS `Havannah' under Capt J E Erskine in which is recorded weather, the position of the ship, the wind, sailing direction, sails set, activities at certain times of the day and other aspects of shipboard life, especially maintenance. The voyage began in Sheerness via Lisbon, Madeira, Trinidad, Cape of Good Hope, St Paul's Island, Cape Otway, Australia (Farm Cove) to New Zealand, passing Three Kings Island to Auckland and sailing via Cape Runaway to Port Nicholson. From there the log records sailing for Sydney, Ports Phillip and Arthur, Hobart Town, often returning to ports already visited, back to NZ (Auckland, Bay of Islands), Savage Island, Samoa, Tonga and other locations not noted. The ship returned to both Australia and New Zealand again, and spent long periods at Farm Cove towards the end of the expedition. Source of title - Transcribed Further journals on board the `Havannah' were kept by Vigors (at qMS-2081 (original), qMS-2082-2084 (transcribed) and MS-Copy-Micro-0060); and by Henry Gabriel Swainson at MS-2096-2097, which also has his letters to his sister, and (MS-Copy-Micro-0172) The log has been recorded by several people, one of whom is thought to be a midshipman or crew member whose occupations included rigging marks, mats, washing clothes, painting the ship's side, mending sails and holding divine service. The voyage was notable for Erskine's discovery of the Torres Islands. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (420 pages numbered as 210 leaves). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (34 cm, ½ red morocco, marbled boards) Processing information: Access statement changed from "Partly restricted - Digital content available only in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room" to "Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original" on 26 October 2022.

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-030

Description: The story of four generations of a family, connected in each case by a daughter marrying a new arrival into the country. The Munros arrived in Auckland's first fleet in 1842. The essay is a summary of the principal known events of their lives and includes very brief mention of all children of each family Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available. Includes photographs of family members