Captain Luce. Son of Thomas and Susanna Luce; he joined the Royal Navy in 1840 and was present at the bombardment of Acre that year. He commanded the 'Lynx' at Sebastopol (1854), visited Dahomey (1862), and was senior naval officer in the Bights engaged in the suppression of the slave trade. As captain of the `Esk' he came to NZ during the land wars, 1865-1867. Wrote to Donald McLean from Crocker Hill in Jul 1868.
Luce, John Proctor, 1827-1869
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Luce, John Proctor, 1827-1869 : Private journals
Date: 1840-1867
By: Luce, John Proctor, 1827-1869
Reference: Micro-MS-0932
Description: The microfilm comprises six journals (1852-1867), copy of typescript letter (1840) and `Pilgrimage to Jerusalem' by Luce (7-13 Oct 1841) The journals are described as private journals; vols 1-4 covering 1852 to 1863 and Luce's service including Portsmouth, Karatch Bay, Malta, Cape Coast, Sierra Leone and Dahomey Luce writes of his service in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific in volumes 5 and 6. Volume 5 (1864-1866) includes an index of contents, notes and clippings and detailed descriptions of the `Esk' being at Auckland, going to Tauranga, the East Coast and Poverty Bay, Wellington, New Hebrides, Fiji and Sydney, with descriptions of cattle trade, a journey to Wanganui. Also includes lists of letters written and sent, and received, readable books in the ship's library and of `Officers and dates of dining with me'. Volume 6 (1866-1867), which is described as a very rough notebook, includes a photograph of Luce (1865) and clippings and covers the `Esk' being in Auckland, Thames, Norfolk Island, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fiji, Tonga and the Friendly Islands. Includes description of a trip round and up the Waikato River and a cruise from Thames to Wellington. Source of title - Supplied Luce served with the Royal Navy from 1840; these journals cover the period 1852 to 1867 and include time served on the `Esk' in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: The Back file includes a printout of the contents of the microfilm. Provenance: Originals presented to the Royal Anthropolgical Institute in Sep 1970 by Luce's great-grandson, John Reid; this copy was made for the library. Photograph of Luce at beginning of volume 6
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Miscellaneous letters and papers of Bishop William Williams concerning church affairs a...
Date: 1865-1872
From: Williams family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0069-048
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
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Inward letters - Surnames, Lud - Lyo
Date: 1853-1873, nd
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0398
Description: Correspondents: A Ludlam, Hutt & Sydney, 1869 & 1872 (2 letters); J P Luce, Sydney, 1867 (1 letter); John Lundon, Onehunga, 1873 (1 letter); Elizabeth Lupton, Isle of Man, 1853-1861 (3 letters). R B Lusk, Auckland, 1860 & 1862 (2 letters); F G Luttie [?], Government House, undated letter; George Lyndon, Napier, 1863 (1 letter); William Lyon, 1858, 1871 & undated (3 letters). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Inward letters - Surnames, Lom - Luc
Date: 1858-1873, nd
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0396
Description: Correspondents: H A Lomax, Waitotara & Wanganui, 1868 & 1873 (2 letters); A Lorigan, Parliament Street, 1871 (1 letter); William Loring (to Parris), undated (1 letter); Mr Louden, Napier, 1870 (1 letter). J Thomas Lound, Napier, 1866, 1869 & undated (4 letters); Thomas Lowry, Okawa, 1858-1869 (10 letters); Samuel Lozell, Napier, 1866 (1 letter); J P Luce, Crocker Hill, 1868 (1 letter). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Moore, Peter album 2
Date: 1865 to 1866
By: Webster, Hartley, -1906; Dalton, Edward, active 1855-1867; Bishop, G W, active 1860s
Reference: PA1-q-161
Description: Album containing 121 cartes de visite portraits, all identified, at least by surname. They include Bishops Selwyn, Abraham, Patterson and Williams, members of various British regiments, and a large number of women related in some way to the soldiers. Not all the people identified in the album are listed in the name entries above. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Carte de visite album with embossed black leather cover, red watered silk end-papers; 31.0 x 23.5 cm Provenance: Purchase