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Date

12 Jan 1840

By

Brown, Andrew, 1797-1854; Fraser, Alexander, 1800-1868; Fraser, Thomas, 1809-1891; Gunn, John, active 1840; Harrison, John, active 1840; Jillett, Robert, 1812?-1860; Te Rangihiroa, -1842

Reference

MSO-Papers-7085

Description

Indenture for sale of part of Kapiti Island, 12 Jan 1840; a sale by the chief `E Rangi Hero' [Rangihiroa] to Alexander Fraser, Thomas Fraser and Robert Jillett for 'one cask of best tobacco, and one hogshead of rum with one pair of good blankets'.

The land is described as a 'piece or parcel of land called Wiorua situated at or near the north end of the island of Kapiti Cooks Straits New Zealand at present occupied by the said Alexander Fraser a fishery and bounded on the east side by the sea on the north side by the land belonging to E Kai [?] Hai a chief of the Nati inu tui tribe on the west and south by land in the possession of the said E Rangi Hero containing one acre be the same a little more or less'.

Source of title - Supplied title

Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Physical Description: Mss

Provenance: This transaction is not recorded in the records of the Old Land Claims Commission which investigated pre-Treaty land sales. The ownership of the document prior to its purchase by the Library has not yet been established.

Access restrictions

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Format

1 folder(s), 0.01 Linear Metres, Legal instruments, Manuscripts, Mss