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King family : Papers
- Date
- [1830-1944]
- By
- King familyKing, Thomas, 1821-1893; King, Mary, 1818-1911
- Reference
- MS-Group-0503
- Description
Comprises correspondence between Thomas King and Mary Chilman (later King), and between King and various family members and friends; King's business correspondence, especially relating to coastal shipping; papers relating to King's election to the House of Representatives (1853-1855, 1860) and to the Taranaki Provincial Council (1856, 1857-1861); a few relating to his career as manager of the Bank of New Zealand in New Plymouth (1861-1876); and a considerable amount relating to his position as chairman of the New Plymouth Harbour Board (1876-ca1889). Other papers include correspondence from Mary King to her husband, clippings and correspondence relating to Truby and Newton King, sons of Thomas and Mary King, various papers relating to Taranaki incidents including petitions, list of electors (1852) and other papers.
Source of title - Supplied
Relationship complexity - A previous collection of King family papers was received 1970-1971 from Mrs Mary White, Australia, the adopted daughter of Truby King and further letters from Thomas to Mary King are at MS-Papers-1004-01
Quantity: 70 folder(s). 9 volume(s). 1.30 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs Anna Saunders on behalf of the Wilfred King family, Wellington, Sep 1996
Transfers: To Cartographic Collection - Five items; (1) Plan of New Plymouth produced by the Survey Office, 10 April 1860; (2) hand-drawn map of Mangorei, Waiwhakaiho and Te Henui river area with sections and native lands shown (nd); (3) Plan of the settlement of New Plymouth with ownership of some sections added and annotated; (4) Map of London showing Westminster and the borough of Southwark (n); and `Daily Mail' special map of the far east, London geographical Society (nd) - To Photographic Archive - Mounted photo of Devon St, New Plymouth; one of a group of soldiers; and a portrait of a man, possible Thomas King.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 70 folder(s), 9 volume(s), 1.30 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Business correspondence, Administrative reports, Financial records, Drafts (Documents), Clippings, Manuscripts, Holographs, mss, typescripts and printed matter
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Statement of justices of the peace re Parihaka
Date: 1879
From: King family : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-5641-5
Description: Comprises statement, 4 Jun 1879, by the justices of the peace re `The act of trespass committed last Sunday week and still continued by a party of natives at the Tapuwae...'; there are several corrected versions in this folder. Mostly about what should happen to Te Whiti. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Thomas King - Letters to Mary King
Date: May-Sep 1854
From: King family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5641-02
Description: Letters written from Auckland while he was a member of the House of Representatives Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Mary King - Letters to Thomas King
Date: [1861]
From: King family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5641-07
Description: Comprises two letters from Mary King to her husband, Thomas, while she was in Nelson during the Taranaki wars Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Thomas King - Journal and letter book
Date: [1878-1891]
From: King family : Papers
Reference: MSX-4347
Description: Comprises drafts and copies of letters and reports especially relating to Parihaka and the New Plymouth Harbour Board Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Draft grant and miscellaneous newspaper extracts
Date: [1851-1926]
From: King family : Papers
Reference: MSI-Papers-5641-2
Description: Comprises draft of grant on fulfilment of a contract by the NZ Company for land bounded by the Henui Stream (1851); report of public meeting in Wellington re MHRs attending General Legislature session in Auckland (nd); supplement, `The Battle of Waireka...' 19 Jun 1926; consipiracy case report against Thomas King and others (1886); Col Trimble's address to his constituents at Waitara (ca 1883); report of presentation to Thomas King (17 Jul 1878); Boer War clippings (ca 1900); `The Budget and Taranaki Weekly Herald' (2 Nov 1878) with letter by Thomas King on mission property; map of Stanley's route and official report (1890); report, O'Donnell v Walter and another (1888); `Daily news' jubilee no (31 Mar 1891); `Daily mail' (21 July 1904) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
South Island holiday
Date: [ca 1900-1920]
From: King family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5641-56
Description: Comprises journal account of a trip through the lower part of the South Island, starting at Milton and travelling to Manapouri, Te Anau, Mararoa, Puketeraki and many other places from 31 Jan to Feb 10 (no year). Physical features, the weather, the people met by the travellers, their mode of travel, wild life, eg rabbits, and other aspects are desribed. The recorder of the account is not known Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 18 small bromide photographs.
Mary and Newton King - Letters and papers
Date: [1905-1936]
From: King family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5641-14
Description: Comprises letters to Mary King from Eliza or Sligo Cutfield (nd), from her brother Louis (1928), from her brother George (1926), from her sister Geo Hammond (1916), from Newton (1905 and nd) and a fragment of a letter from ?Allen (nd) re dislike of Auckland for bringing up a family; and draft of notes or letter from Newton King (nd). Also comprises obituaries and descriptions of funeral for Newton King (1927), report re motor-car accident and claim for damages against Newton King (1923), and note from Mary Truby King to Geraldine re have read Thomas King's letters to Mary King which she found `exquisite' with qualities of `sheer beauty'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Thomas King - Diary
Date: 16 Apr-1 May, 6-27 Dec 1860
From: King family : Papers
Reference: MSX-4346
Description: Diary recording arrival of further troops and fugitives to New Plymouth and various incidents relating to the war (16 Apr-1 May) and trip to Nelson by King (6-27 Dec) of Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Thomas King - Letters from Richard Chilman and other papers
Date: 1846-1889, nd
From: King family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5641-18
Description: Comprises letters from Richard Chilman, a flyer for Buller's `Birds' (1889) with C W Chilman on the back of the form, and a submission by Chilman re Henui Swamp Richard Chilman was Thomas King's brother-in-law Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Truby King - Letters to his family
Date: 1909, nd
From: King family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5641-15
Description: Comprises letters from Truby King to his sister, Olive, his brother Eliot, and one from his mother, also to Olive and Eliot, from London Quantity: 1 folder(s).