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Date: 1844-1853

By: Thomas, Godfrey John (Sir), 1824-1861

Reference: Micro-MS-0285

Description: Journals 1846-1853, contain comments on public and private affairs and copies of letters written by Thomas, including those to his half-brother, Sir George Grey. Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - Photocopy held at MS-Papers-2428 Thomas held government appointments in South Australia, 1844-1846 and in Auckland and Wellington, 1846-1852, including the post of Secretary to Governor Sir George Grey, his half-brother. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Physical Description: Holographs and printed matter (microfilm of photocopies) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [ca 1800s-1900s]

From: General Assembly Library : Miscellaneous manuscripts

Reference: MS-Papers-10077-3

Description: Includes a letter (circa 1850) from James Brown regarding an unidentified voyage and arrival in Auckland; New Zealand Company share certificate made out to John Henry Lance of Chiswick (September 1847); a circular regarding the Free Presbyterian Church, Auckland (1853); notes on the history of Wellington Hospital; a list of early Pākehā settlers in Wellington; a list of Maori in the greater Wellington area; a list of Maori chiefs and leaders who were welcoming to the New Zealand Company and Europeans; letters regarding the oldest New Zealanders alive at the time of writing (1940); papers regarding a landing at Petone foreshore; notes regarding the baptism of Sir James Carroll together with his brothers and sister at Taradale; and letters from Sir Robert Stout, Sir David Monro, and F H D Bell. Other - Includes transcript of the James Brown Letter by M Donaldson, 2008 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1844-1853

By: Thomas, Godfrey John (Sir), 1824-1861

Reference: MS-Papers-2428

Description: Journals 1846-1853, contain comments on public and private affairs and copies of letters including those to his half-brother, Sir George Grey. Included is an account of his voyage back to England. The letters 1844-1848 comprise letters to his mother and sister, Bessie, in England. Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - Microfilm at Micro-MS-0285 Thomas held government appointments in South Australia 1844-1846 and in Auckland and Wellington 1846-1852, including the post of Secretary to Governor Sir George Grey, his half-brother. Quantity: 10 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and printed matter (photocopies) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1882, 1898

From: Kelson, Cara, 1922-: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6345-3

Description: Letter from J Dinsdale in Wellington to his uncle discussing Maori hoping to be represented in Parliament, a parcel which included a variety of Maori items he had sent to his family in England, his first purchase of land at [?] Poll Hill Gully, a visit from two friends from England, Isaac Sharp and Joseph Neave, his work as a clerk in Wellington which was very difficult because `...I am supposed to be a batchelor & am thus acting a lie which though against my disposition I keep up the deception...', that he probably intends to stay in Wellington and the worst feature of emigrating is facing the long imprisonment on the way (1882); and copy of minute from the Borough of Devonport after the death of the town clerk, Joseph Dinsdale, praising him (1898) Also photocopy of cover of Joseph Dinsdale's diary with notes by Kelson Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 22 Nov 1879-4 Aug 1880

By: Hewitson, Richard, active 1879-1880

Reference: MS-Papers-2580

Description: The journal describes Hewitson's voyage from England to New Zealand aboard the Alastor as a steerage passenger, commenting on shipboard life and the progress of the ship. His experiences working as a labourer in Auckland are also described. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (47 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: [1930-1940]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-04

Description: Contents comprise lower Wairarapa and Palliser Bay; Manawatu Gorge; Lake Taupo and plan of Tokaanu (1890); lakes Hawea and Wanaka; Kaipara-Coromandel area; Auckland city; Rotorua town; old pa and kainga of Ruapehu-Taupo area; Wanganui city; and plan of Putiki pa, Wanganui Arrangement: Notebook no 3 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: [1930-1940]

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks

Reference: MS-Papers-6061-07

Description: Contents comprise sketch maps and historical information of French Pass district; D'Urville Island; Wairau River mouth (showing old Maori waterways); `Tutira', I, Tutira sheepstation, II, territory of Ngai-Tatara and other hapu of Ngati Kahungunu, III, fishing grounds of Ngai Tatara, IV, general map of Tutira Lake, V, eel weirs of Tutira and Maheawha streams, and VII, old Maori trails and place names near Tutira; old chart of Mana Island and Porirua Harbour; and west coast near Auckland city Arrangement: Notebook no 6 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).

Date: 1890

By: Langford, Harriett, 1818-1898

Reference: MS-Papers-3411

Description: Reminiscences briefly describe the voyage out, and some of the people she met in the Hutt Valley and Auckland. At the end is a copy of a letter dated 24 December 1893, from Harriet to her daughter, Sarah Jane. In this letter Harriet describes the clothing she has been making for her family and passes on domestic news. Harriet Langford and her husband arrived in Wellington on the Aurora on 22 January 1840. They settled in the Hutt Valley but after a year there, left for Auckland Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript (photocopy)

Date: 1842-1847 (1941)

By: Meurant, Edward, 1803-1851

Reference: MS-1635

Description: Dates covered by the diary: Part One: 1 Oct 1842-22 Sep 1843; Part Two: 5 Jan 1844-13 Apr 1845; Part Three: 1 Jul 1846-25 Jul 1847 Source of title - Supplied Variations in title - Spine lettered Murant Meurant accompanied William Spain as interpreter over much of the North Island and part of the South Island Quantity: 1 volume(s) (3 parts). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; brown morocco) Original sketches reproduced by carbon paper