Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900

Date: 1837-1850, 1896, 1933

By: Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900

Reference: qMS-2016

Description: Biographical notes on Thompson compiled by L H Sheat, 1933 (5 pages); typescript notes on John Wallis Barnicoat and Frank Ward (with ms annotations); letter to Thompson from J W Barnicoat on occasion of Thompson's Golden Wedding, 6 Jul 1896; Thompson's British Museum reader's ticket; letter to Thompson from C S Dubourg, Jul 1844; his surveyor's certificate, Dec 1879. Diary 1837 (written during a tour from London to Switzerland and back via France); diary, 1840-1841 before embarkation; letter-diary dated 26 Jan 1841, and diary re his voyage to New Zealand on the Lord Auckland, 22 Sep 1841-5 Feb 1842; diary, 1848-1850 (Richmond, Nelson); Mrs L H Sheat's transcript of 1840-1841 diary (all diaries and transcript are in back pocket) Thompson was surveyor for the Waimea Road Board and subsequently MPC Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (34 cm; blue boards)

Date: 1865-1911

By: Northwood Brothers (Firm); Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6996

Description: A printed christmas message from the headmaster, Frederick Knapp, to the pupils of Central Girls' College, Nelson 1907; carts on Commerce Street, Kaitaia, one passing the Kaitaia Hotel ca 1890s; newspaper photograph of early Nelson settlers W H Cole and M P Hargreaves in 1924 taken by Tyree; two of bullock teams in Kaitaia; Devonport and Northcote ferry terminal in Auckland ca 1911; girls of Nelson College for Girls with L Sheat on the left of the second row with Muriel Bell next to her in 1914; Awanui looking towards the wharf ca 1914 by Northwood Bros; Marsland Hill Memorial to the men who died in the New Zealand Wars in New Plymouth designed and erected by W Parkinson & Co, Auckland; seated portrait of Thomas Thompson 1865; a group of gum diggers outside Tynan's gum store in Waihopo ca 1890s; a group of Maori adults and children on an outing by bullock team, one man holding a concertina ca 1890s; a group of twelve Austrian gum diggers some with shovels and one holding a cat ca 1890s; Elizabeth Levestam and her four sons ca 1900; three of the camp site set up by a surveying party in the Victoria Valley ca 1890; the school at Richmond with the children lined up in the yard ca 1900s; the Anglican church at Richmond 1910; Headingly, the home of Thomas Thompson with Mrs Thompson and her eldest son in front of it 1911; a carriage outside a house holding about 12 people; John Sheat ca 1880; Alfred Sheat ca 1880; and Victoria Street, Hamilton showing a number of shops and businesses and some advertising hoardings on the left 1908. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-007700 and 007708 Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w original negative(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Albumen prints and silver gelatin prints

Date: 1868-1897

By: Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900

Reference: MSX-8322

Description: The journal contains brief entries by Thomas Thompson of his daily activities on his farm near Richmond and the weather conditions. Included in the diary is a draft letter to an unknown correspondent Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr W Sheat, Lower Hutt, May 2006

Date: 22 Sep 1841-7 Mar 1842

By: Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900

Reference: MS-2146

Description: Handwritten transcript of letter and diary on board the Lord Auckland. Includes letter/diary to brother-in-law, 20 Nov 1841-7 Mar 1842; log entries, 7 Oct-3 Dec 1841; copy of diary, 22 Sep 1841-5 Feb 1842; list of crew and emigrants Quantity: 1 volume(s) (69 pages). Physical Description: Ms (27 cm; ½ brown morocco)

Date: 15 Nov 1878

By: Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900

Reference: MS-Papers-3337

Description: ALS written from Richmond, Nelson, with family and local news Accompanying material - 2 pages of comment by A J Sheat Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (negative photostat), typescript

Date: 19--

From: Gunn, Vernon Robert, 1879-1957 : Papers on the history of Richmond

Reference: MS-Papers-0112-09

Description: Hard cover exercise book containing detailed notes on settlers. Index at front. All names entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 22 Sep 1841-7 Mar 1842

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900

Reference: MS-Papers-7245

Description: Letter/diary written to his brother-in-law, Rev John N Garland, dated 26 Jan 1842 which covers events 20 Sep 1841-7 Mar 1842; shipboard diary with entries 22 Sep 1841-5 Feb 1842; list of passengers and ship's company with additional notes Thomas John Thompson was a cabin passenger. He married fellow passenger Sarah Hargreaves (1827-1913) at Nelson in 1846 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5, 15, 3 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Marsha Donaldson of Upper Hutt, 2001

Date: 1842

By: Stephens, Samuel, 1803-1855; Cotterell, John Sylvanus, 1820-1843; Barnicoat, John Wallis, 1814-1905; Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900; Watts, Charles Fowell Willett, 1823-1881; Davison, William, active 1840s-1850s

Reference: MapColl-834.1gbbd/1842/Acc.34916

Description: Cadastral map with some topographical information, of the European settlement of Nelson in 1842, showing numbered sections from Marahau to Marybank, rivers, coastline and areas of bush. A reference key outlines section plan numbers details and names their surveyors: I - suburban north surveyed by Mr Duffy; IV - Motueka by Mr. Stephens; II - suburban south by Musgrave, Budge and Davison; III - Brook Street and Matai by Budge, Davison & Watts; VI - Waimea West by Barnicoat & Thompson; V - Waimea East by Barnicoat & Thompson; VI - Waimea West by Cotterill; VII - Waimea South by Cotterill; and VIII - Moutere by Barnicoat & Thompson. Not all sections are visible as part of the map from Richmond to Nelson City has been damaged. See also complete published map with similar information at MapColl-834.1gbbd/1842/Acc.105 Surveys undertaken on behalf of New Zealand Company Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on linen backed paper, on card, linen backed, scale [ca 1:63 360], 65 x 87 cm.

Date: 1847-1848, 1874-1880

By: Thompson, Henry P, active 1875-1880

Reference: MS-Papers-2785

Description: Miscellaneous notes, accounts and receipts relating to the Thompson family of Nelson province. T J Thompson accounts (In account with A G Jenkins & Co), 1847-1848 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 30 Nov 1845

By: Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900

Reference: MS-Papers-3053

Description: Letter from Thompson to his brother-in-law, Rev J N Garland. Part of the letter has a typed transcript. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript

Date: 1858-1859

By: Waimea Road Board

Reference: qMS-2088

Description: Assessment made by T J Thompson, authorized surveyor, valuer to the Waimea Road Board, Richmond, Nelson Variations in title - Cover title: Assessments of the Wiamea [sic] Districts 1859 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (32 pages). Physical Description: Ms (35 cm; brown wraps, stiffened)

Date: 25 Aug 1864

By: Montgomery, Mary Millicent, 1787-1868

Reference: MS-Papers-3012

Description: Announces the coming to New Zealand of Laura Herford, the painter; includes covering letter from A J Sheat, biographer of Lady Byron Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescript

Date: 1876-1933

By: Thompson family

Reference: MS-Papers-0176

Description: Includes letters from Thomas John, Hugh James, Frederick Augustus, and Thomas K Thompson, and Martha Rutherford. They refer to survey work in Canterbury and Nelson and to family news. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 8 Jun 1853

By: Tuckett, Frederick, 1807?-1876

Reference: MS-Papers-3143

Description: Letter from London to Thomas John Thompson, Richmond, Nelson, and two transcripts in which Tuckett acknowledges a payment of #10 and goes on to discuss the New Zealand economy and the ways in which settlers and Maori had been exploited by agents of the New Zealand Company and Canterbury Association Quantity: 1 folder(s) (10 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typed transcripts

Date: 1814-1900

By: Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900

Reference: MS-Papers-3406

Description: Memo written by Thomas John Thompson of Richmond, Nelson (son of George Forbes Thompson and Anna Catalina Plinck)) shortly before his death re his antecedents Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photographic copy)

Date: 22 Sep 1841- 10 Feb 1842

By: Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900

Reference: qMS-2015

Description: This edited typed transcript is not the same as the handwritten transcript at MS-2146. The entries for 7-10 Feb are not in the original diary (qMS-2016). Note at end says `copied from old letters'. Other - Transcription possibly done by his daughter Mrs Laura Herford Sheat, 1942 Thomas John Thompson was a cabin passenger Quantity: 1 volume(s) (44 pages). Physical Description: Typed transcript (34 cm; ½ brown calf)

Date: 1842, 1886

By: Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron, Baroness, 1792-1860

Reference: MS-Papers-3160

Description: Letter to J T Thompson from A I Noel Byron re the death of his aunt, Mrs Dolores Montgomery on 26 Apr 1842, and transcription and notes by A J Sheat. Transcript of poem written by Anne Isabella Noel Byron circa 1815. Notes by Mrs L H Sheat re her father T J Thompson entitled `The Little circle at Acton in the 1830s'. Also two letters from Mrs de Morgan to Mrs Laura H Sheat, Nelson 1886. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss

Date: 1857, 1882, 1933

By: Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900

Reference: MS-Papers-2974

Description: Letters to T J Thompson from Col G Thompson, his father (1857), correspondence from Nelson Survey Office (1882); survey camp accounts (1843); notes on Thompson by Sheat (1933 and 1959) Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms, typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, A J Sheat, 1958

Date: 22 Sep 1841-5 Feb 1842 (2001)

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900

Reference: MSDL-1274

Description: Shipboard diary with entries 22 Sep 1841-5 Feb 1842; list of passengers and ship's company with additional notes Thomas John Thompson was a cabin passenger. He married fellow passenger Sarah Hargreaves (1827-1913) at Nelson in 1846 Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Part of SBDD (shipboard diary digitisation) project

Date: 20 Jan 1841-7 Mar 1842 (2001)

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900

Reference: MSDL-1273

Description: Letter/diary written to his brother-in-law, Rev John N Garland, dated 26 Jan 1842 which covers events 20 Sep 1841-7 Mar 1842 Thomas John Thompson was a cabin passenger. He married fellow passenger Sarah Hargreaves (1827-1913) at Nelson in 1846 Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Part of SBDD (shipboard diary digitisation) project