MANUSCRIPT
Inward letters - George Sisson Cooper
- Date
- 1862-1876
- By
- Cooper, George Sisson, 1825-1898; Cooper, Ellen Chaffers, 1840-1928
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0032-0228
- Description
105 letters written from Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington. Contains correspondence between McLean and Cooper with regard to the purchase of Maori land in Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa in particular, and various complaints and issues that arose from the purchases; also contains information and discussions about the spread of the Pai Marire and Ringatu religions (again, with a particular focus on Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa), and about general Maori affairs. Includes draft letters from McLean to Cooper; letters from George's wife Ellen C Cooper, 1863-1872, and from Sarah Cooper (undated).
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory in folder.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Microfilm available. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0535-048
- 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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