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Mowat, Alexander, 1813-1875 : Papers

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Date

1850-1913

By

Mowat, Alexander, 1813-1875

Reference

MS-Papers-0126

Description

The papers include some legal documents, accounts, and family papers, but consist mainly of station journals. Included are four letters from the botanist Leonard Cockayne. Printouts of station letterbooks held on microfilm (Micro-MS-0011) are also included.

Source of title - Supplied title

Mowat was a runholder in Marlborough, where he took up the Altimarloch and Middlehurst runs.

Quantity: 12 folder(s). 0.15 Linear Metres.

Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Ten photographs (donated in 1963).

Additional description

Alternative form available: Some material printouts of Micro-MS-0011

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12 folder(s), 0.15 Linear Metres, Accounts, Legal documents, Letterbooks, Manuscripts

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Manuscript

Letter from John Davies Ormond

Date: 29 Dec [1847]

From: Mowat, Alexander, 1813-1875 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-3389

Description: Letter to Alexander Mowat, written from Wellington, requesting a supply of boots Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typed transcript

Manuscript

Letter from James Smith Cross

Date: 5 Aug 1853

From: Mowat, Alexander, 1813-1875 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-3390

Description: Letter written from Nelson, refers to his application for land Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Manuscript

Miscellaneous documents

Date: 1864-1916

From: Mowat, Alexander, 1813-1875 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0126-09

Description: Obituary of Alexander Mowat, 1916; skit on the Awatere election May 1864, letter from W S Littlejohn concerning Roy Mowat's running away from Nelson College, genealogical notes on the Trolove family Quantity: 1 folder(s).