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Date: 18 Dec 1842

By: Dowdeswell family

Reference: MSI-Papers-4267

Description: Letter, written from Parrurua [ie Porirua] Road, describes the voyage to New Zealand, their arrival in Wellington, setting up their accommodation house and life in Wellington. Bishop Selwyn's visit is also described in the letter. Accompanying material - Photocopy of letter (4 leaves), envelope with annotations in unknown hand, and photocopies of correspondence between Library and Mrs B Kay, great grand-daughter of Susannah Wall, Pukerua Bay Other - Published in part in Tawa Flat and the old Porirua Road / A H Carman (1970) Susannah Wall arrived in Wellington with her husband Anthony Wall, four sons and one daughter, on the Lord William Bentinck in May 1841. They set up the Halfway House for travellers on the Porirua Road Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pp on 1 folded leaf). Physical Description: Holograph (encapsulated) Provenance: Original held by Percy Wall family of Hinerangi, Hatuma, Hawkes Bay, for many years

Date: [ca 1920]

By: Taine, James John, 1817-1914

Reference: qMS-1974-1976

Description: The reminiscences cover the period 1839 to 1914 and most are based on Taine's own experience although they contain also an outline of the early history of the colony from other sources. He came to New Zealand aged 22 on the `Adelaide' and lived in Wellington till 1862 when he moved to Dunedin. After 1879 Taine lived in Auckland. At the end of volume 3 there is a section on early Wellington street names. Also (volume 3 p 515) there is a note on the history of Waiwera which Taine frequently visited. Variations in title - Spine title: Reminiscences Taine married Leocadia de Oliveira, ward of Edward Gibbon Wakefield Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (33 cm; ¼ blue morocco) Includes illustrations

Date: 6 Oct 1873

By: Oates, Samuel, 1814-1892

Reference: MS-Papers-10783

Description: Letter written by Samuel Oates from Peach Grove, Greytown to his brother and sister in England. Peach Grove was the name of the family farm of Samuel and Jane Oates who emigrated to New Zealand from Derbyshire in 1852 and 1856 respectiviely. The letter is only partial correspondence and is not signed. Oates details life on the farm and the success of his corn crop and the difficulties exterminating rabbits. Also mentions local personalities including the recent death of Samuel Moles and the farming success of John Reynolds. This section of the letter ends with comments on Dr Featherston and his role as New Zealand agent general. Source of title - Supplied by Library Samuel and Jane Oates lived at Peach Grove on the Taratahi Plain, Wairarapa. They owned 300 acres and were prominent members of the local community. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1861-1870

By: Herring, Margaret, 1838-

Reference: MS-Papers-6902

Description: Mainly letters to family in England from Maggie describing the voyage out on the `Sir George Pollock' in 1861 to Nelson, and her time in New Zealand to 1870. The letters contain references to Bishop and Mrs Hobhouse, Bishop and Mrs Abraham, Rev Thatcher and Richard Barton of Upper Hutt where her husband Rev John Herring was a clergyman until 1870. Accompanying material - Letter from Mr Herring to Rev Oppenheim of St James' Church, Lower Hutt re provenance and family history Transcripts made from poor photocopied typed transcripts held by Mr Herring's cousin living in Perth in 1972, and are not as full as the copy of originals at qMS Relationship complexity - Photocopy of original letters at qMS-0952. The transcripts are not as full as the originals Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcripts (photocopied) Provenance: The donor is the great grandson of Margaret Herring

Date: Jun-Oct 1874

By: Smith, George, 1836-

Reference: MS-Papers-0309

Description: Account of the voyage from London to Wellington, June-Oct 1874, on the vessel `Cartvale'. Details of quarantine internment at Somes Island. Includes the passenger's half of the contract ticket for Smith and his family George Smith, wife and 4 children travelled to Wellington as steerage passengers. Mrs Smith gave birth to another child on 21 July. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 notebooks, 1 ticket). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr & Mrs G A Whitham, 1968

Date: 1971

By: Cook, George Pilkington (Rev), 1893-1973

Reference: MS-Papers-2205

Description: Reminiscences cover 1893-1905 Cook's family emigrated, 1899, from Australia to Huntly, where his father was Methodist agent, and thence to Dannevirke and Johnsonville Quantity: 1 folder(s) (103 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1875-1878, 1974

By: Buchner, Max Joseph August Heinrich Markus, 1846-1921

Reference: fMS-Papers-2226

Description: Translation of work published Breslau, 1878, relating Buchner's voyage in 1875 as ship's surgeon on `Euphrosyne' (identified by Miss Walton as `Terpsichore') to New Zealand, where the ship was quarantined, and the Pacific; includes descriptions of the North Island, Maori life, natural history. Also print-out of passenger list (microfilm at Micro-MS-0031), and correspondence on Clausen family, emigrated 1875 Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 folder(s) (150 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, typescript (part photocopies)

Date: 1867-1882

By: Powell, Richard (Rev), 1811-

Reference: MS-1788

Description: Mainly sermons and speeches but also contains diary kept during the voyage of the `Mermaid' to Lyttelton as a cabin passenger, having left London about 3 Nov 1867; and a continuation of it, 17 Nov 1867-22 Jan 1868; arrived Lyttelton on 3 Jan 1868; travelled to Wellington on the steamship `Omeo' arriving on 23 Jan. Mentions feeling an earthquake in Wellington on 28 Jan 1868. Resident in Masterton, 1879-1882; then Marton Sep 1882. Records reaching age of 71 years, 29 Sep 1882 and that he came from Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Variations in title - Lettered on spine: Barnes on the Hebrews Presbyterian minister Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 300 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (18 cm; faded maroon cloth, in phase box)

Date: 21 Jun-25 Oct 1874

By: Selby, Edwin, 1853-1947

Reference: MS-1867

Description: Diary kept by a single man travelling on board the emigrant ship Cartvale on a voyage from London to Wellington, and thence to Turakina. Daily entries record weather encountered, progress of the ship, births and deaths, entertainment, time spent in quarantine on Somes Island, and arrival at Epworth Lodge, Turakina Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also reminiscences at qMS-1769 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (44 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (15 cm; marbled boards)

Date: 1848-1904

By: Parkes, Samuel, 1790-1863

Reference: qMS-1627

Description: Letters from Samuel Parkes written from Wellington and Wanganui comment on the voyage to New Zealand and life in Wellington and Wanganui. Also letters from Susan Weller, Woolwich to her grandchildren, 1865-1869 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (9 items). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; blue pamphlet case)

Date: 1841-1847

By: Greenwood, Joseph Hugh, 1819-1849

Reference: qMS-0885

Description: Diary of a voyage to NZ in the `Lady Nugent', farming at Lowry Bay (1841-1843), and at Purau, Banks Peninsula (1843-1847). Account of a journey from Wanganui and Taranaki (1843), and some account of other parts of Wellington province. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - This copy is a microfilm printout of original diary at MS-0878. Typed transcript available at MS-Papers-4882. Microfilm available at MS-Copy-Micro-0345 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 160 leaves). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (37 cm, ¼ maroon calf, maroon buckram)

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)

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: 1840-1844

By: Hine, Thomas B, active 1840-1845

Reference: fMS-Papers-3503

Description: Includes short descriptions of voyage to New Zealand in the `Martha Ridgway', very brief accounts of settlements in Wellington, New Plymouth and Nelson, and of land sections held by the Hine family in those districts Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: [ca 1941]

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948

Reference: MS-0949

Description: Includes list of passengers on early emigrant ships to Wellington Quantity: 1 volume(s) (114 pages). Physical Description: Ms (26 cm; ¼ green cloth, grey boards)

Date: [1980-1984]

From: Dakin, James Campbell, 1908-2005 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8222

Description: Index cards compiled by Dakin during his research into his unpublished article, `The working-class pioneers' (also titled as `The background of the working-class pioneers'; the cards have notes of his records of emigrants from Britain entering Wellington, New Plymouth and Nelson from 1840-1844, from Somerset, Kent, Cornwall, Sussex (Brede), Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire (mainly from Alton), Bath and environs, Birmingham, Glasgow and environs, Paisley, Dundee and hinterland including Perth, and miscellaneous places Source of title - Supplied by Library Other - See unpublished articles by Dakin at MS-Papers-2294 and references to their donation in `Turnbull Library record' (1983, p 129, 1984, p110) Quantity: 1 box(es) (A4 box). Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr J C Dakin, Thorndon, Wellington, Mar 2005

Date: 1840-1844

By: Hine, Thomas B, active 1840-1845

Reference: qMS-0960

Description: Includes short descriptions of the voyage out to New Zealand on the `Martha Ridgway' in 1840, very brief accounts of settlements in Wellington, New Plymouth and Nelson, and of land sections held by the Hine family in those districts. Source of title - Supplied title New Zealand Company immigrant Quantity: 1 volume(s) (9 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; grey pam case)

Date: 1841-1847 (transcribed, 1993)

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Greenwood, Joseph Hugh, 1819-1849

Reference: MS-Papers-4882

Description: Typed transcript of diary of a voyage to New Zealand on the `Lady Nugent'; farming at Lowry Bay, 1841-1843, at Purau, Banks Peninsula, 1843-1845 and at Motunau from 1845. Contains details of farming, trading and community activities and describes other Banks Peninsula and Wellington families. Also contains an account of journey from Lowry Bay via Wanganui to New Plymouth, Feb 1843 for trading reasons and up the Wairarapa coast in search of pastoral land. Diary refers constantly to Greenwood's older brother James Dent Greenwood who farmed with him. Source of title - supplied title Relationship complexity - Original at MS-0878. Microfilm at MS-Copy-Micro-0345, photocopy of original at qMS-0885. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 163 pages.. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Marsha Donaldson, Wellington, 1994

Date: 1861-1870

By: Herring, Margaret, 1838-

Reference: MSY-6846

Description: Mainly letters to family in England from Margaret describing the voyage out on the Sir George Pollock, 1861, to Nelson. Letters contain references to Bishop and Mrs Hobhouse, Wellington, Bishop and Mrs Abraham, Mr Thatcher, Richard Barton of Upper Hutt where Rev Herring was a clergyman until 1870 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (60 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopies) (brown buckram hinged-lid box)

Date: Aug-Nov 1841

By: Gollan, Donald, 1811-1887

Reference: MS-Papers-3271

Description: Describes his feelings on leaving Scotland, his family and friends; voyage to New Zealand on the Clydeside from Greenock to Wellington via Adelaide (with reference to his fellow passengers); short period spent in Adelaide en route; impressions of the town and aborigines; arrival in Wellington; European settlers; Te Ati Awa Maori and customs (reference to cannibalism); business opportunities, etc The letter addressed to John G Grieve of Whitsome, Dunse, Berwickshire was begun on board the `Clydeside' on 16 Aug and continued in Port Nicholson on 8 Nov 1841. It was postmarked Dunse, 25 March 1842. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (cross-hatched)