Inward letters - W N Searancke

Inward letters - W N Searancke
Date
1856-1868
By
Searancke, William Nicholas, 1817?-1904
Reference
MS-Papers-0032-0565
Description

60 letters written from Waiuku, Ahuriri, Waipa, Auckland, Awhitu, Wellington, Masterton, Wairarapa, Otaki, Manawatu, Tuaranganui, Te Purupuru, Greytown, Rangitikei, Waikato, Whangarei, Ngaruawhaia. Includes piece-level inventory (1969 accessions not added).

Contains letters from Searancke to McLean with regard to the purchase of Maori land in the lower North Island in the 1850s and 1860s, in Wairarapa, Horowhenua and Manawatu; the letters also contain information about disputes that arose from the sales among Maori and between Maori and the Government; there is also information about the disposition of Maori, and their attitudes towards the King Movement, in these areas during the New Zealand wars of the early 1860s

There are also some letters about Searancke's work in the Waikato district as a resident magistrate, with information about his observations of the Kingitanga

Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Additional description

Alternative form available: Microfilm available. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0535-089

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers / Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Format
1 folder(s), Manuscripts
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