MANUSCRIPT
Gollan, Donald, 1811-1887 : Letter started on board the `Clydeside' and continued in Port Nicholson
- Date
- Aug-Nov 1841
- By
- Gollan, Donald, 1811-1887Grieve, John G, active 1841
- Reference
- MS-Papers-3271
- Description
Describes his feelings on leaving Scotland, his family and friends; voyage to New Zealand on the Clydeside from Greenock to Wellington via Adelaide (with reference to his fellow passengers); short period spent in Adelaide en route; impressions of the town and aborigines; arrival in Wellington; European settlers; Te Ati Awa Maori and customs (reference to cannibalism); business opportunities, etc
The letter addressed to John G Grieve of Whitsome, Dunse, Berwickshire was begun on board the `Clydeside' on 16 Aug and continued in Port Nicholson on 8 Nov 1841. It was postmarked Dunse, 25 March 1842.
Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holograph (cross-hatched)
- Additional description
Extremely fragile
Alternative form available: Photocopy and transcript available at fMS-Papers-7990
Transcript available at MSDL-1259
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 folder(s), 0.01 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Personal narratives, Manuscripts, Holograph (cross-hatched)
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