MANUSCRIPT
Personal, financial, official and miscellaneous papers
- Date
- [ca 1857-1901]
- By
- Auckland Institute and Museum; Bank of New Zealand; Barlow's Circus; Brown, Charles, 1801?-1868; Cameron, Allan, -1854; Carter, Charles Rooking, 1822-1896; Cater's Photographic Studio; Crawley, William (Captain), active 1857; Fountaine, Algernon Charles, 1851-1909; Fraser, James, 1841-1870; Goring, Forster, 1810-1893; Gray, George Marshall, -1880; Harding, Rechab, 1844-1897; High School of Edinburgh; Independent Order of Good Templars; John Bourne & Company; Jordan, J W, active 1860s; McLean & Middleton (Firm); McLean, Alexander, 1819-1873; McLean, John, 1827-1871; Napier School Trust; New Zealand. Parliament. Executive Council; Ngapora, Tamati, -1885; Northern Club (Auckland, N.Z.); Patrick, Joseph K, active 1860s; Stokes, Robert, 1810-1880; Sturmer, Frederick John von, 1829-1897; Taylor, Allan Kerr, 1832-1890; Uncas (Ship); Watling, Henry Wyatt (Dr), 1821?-1896; West Coast Frontier Relief Fund; Wilson, Helen Ann, 1793?-1871; Worgan, George Tovey Buckland, 1834-1904
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0032-1020
- Description
The papers relate to Donald McLean, R D D Maclean and other members of the McLean family and include a prospectus for the High School of Edinburgh; Napier School Trust proposed resolutions (1869); pamphlet on the Royal Castle of Dunstaffnage; circular, West Coast Frontier Relief Association; membership, visiting, invitation and gift cards; sketch plan and notes re Donald McLean cottage; notes and memos re jobs; hints on sheep washing; sketch re building block house; advertising card for Cater's, photographer of Auckland; typescript of letters from Charles Brown, bricklayer, to the Hon A Tollemache, Surrey (Wellington, 10 Oct 1842) and from Mr R Stokes (Wellington, 3 Oct 1842) describing conditions in Wellington, relations with Maori, the Agricultural Society and matters horticultural
Also includes memorandum between Alexander McLean and G M Gray re land boundaries (1856); statement re cargo storage on the `Uncas' by William Crawley of the `Moffatt' and David [?] of the `Thalia' at the request of Captain McLean (Gibraltar, 9 Jul 1857); letter, John McLean to his brother Alexander (Melbourne, 28 Aug 1857); statement re Graham Orbell's military appointments (Wellington, 27 Jul 1869); letter, H A Wilson, Calpe Cottage, New Plymouth to Donald McLean (24 Feb 1870); BNZ shareholder letter to Messrs D McLean and W M Bannatyne (17 May 1870); circular business letter, John Bourne, engineers, ship builders and contractors (London, Jan 1871); business letter, G B Worgan, licensed surveyor and interpreter, Napier, 12 May 1871; medical certificate for H J Clarke (9 May 1870); particulars of balance, Messrs McLean & Middleton, Rakaia and Ashburton (31 Mar 1873); memo re these accounts, W K McLean (17 Sep 1873); notes re horse pedigrees, Ballarat (6 Jul 1874); Donald McLean's candidacy for the IOGT (1875); letter, Annabella C Conway to her cousin Douglas (Worleston, 21 Apr 1878)
Two Norfolk Winter Assizes, grand jury summons to Algernon Charles Fountaine of Narford (1901); and translation of article from the `Tromso posten' about the visit of the `Pallas' which visited Spitzbergen and the conduct of the German, Norwegian and English passengers on board, and their dissatisfaction with the service, particularly in relation to the advertisement for the voyage
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Sotheby's in 1969
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original - Microfilm copies available in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0726-53
- Part of
- McLean family : Papers / Series 1 Douglas Maclean
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Manuscripts
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