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Manuscript

Land deeds relating to Williams family (ET/LT 005-007)

Date: 1856,1860

From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11750-24

Description: Contains three parchment land deeds relating to the Williams family [CMS] of Bay of Islands. ET/LT:005 is a land purchase document of Henry Williams purchasing land in Hokianga on 23 July 1856. Includes pencil annotations on the outside of the document including `Taratara' which may refer to Taratara Peak (also known as St Paul's). Also includes the Governor's offical seal. ET/LT: 006 is dated 24 April 1860 and includes Henry Williams Jun. Esq. to John William Williams Esq. Includes a hand drawn coloured map on the inner page. The following places are named on the map: Okorari Creek, Taratara and Pukeawa. It is also dated and stamped on the outside by the `Registrar Auckland' Wed 9 May 1860. ET/LT: 007 includes Henry Williams Jun Esq. to Venerable Octavius Hadfield and wife. It is dated 24 April 1860. It contains a hand drawn coloured map, showing the following places: Okorari Creek, Taratara and Pukeawa. A note for ET/LT:005 says that it may have come from the John Webster collection, but it relates to the Williams family [CMS] of Bay of Islands. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Parchment

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Kinder, John, 1819-1903 :Wangaroa Harbour, Decr 29, 1858.

Date: 1858

By: Kinder, John, 1819-1903

Reference: C-110-016

Description: Shows a panoramic view of Whangaroa Harbour, with the Cupola of St Peter (Mount Saint Peter) at the right, and Taratara in the distance. There is a pencil sketch, in parts, of the same area on the reverse. Accompanied by a certificate of authentication by Brian Groshinski [early 1980s], stuck to the backing board. Other Titles - Whangaroa Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash drawing, 98 x 455 mm, composed of three joined sheets, 98 x 175 mm, 98 x 175 mm, and 98 x 105 mm. Provenance: Originally in a scrapbook purchased from a second-hand shop in Auckland in the 1950s, by Mr Harry Rodewald of Auckland. Dismounted and sold separately with other Kinder drawings in the early 1980s, at McArthur & Co.

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