MANUSCRIPT
Daniell, Henry Cooper, 1817-1895 : Letters
- Date
- 1841-1854
- By
- Daniell, Henry Cooper, 1817-1895
- Reference
- fMS-061
- Description
Describes voyage to Wellington with his wife Ann on board the `Mandarin' including description of his fellow cabin passengers; Port Nicholson and Nelson settlements; New Zealand Company land problems and a detailed account of the Wairau confrontation between settlers and Maori. Family news and Baptist church affairs are included.
Source of title - Supplied
Relationship complexity - Transcript of letter written on board the `Mandarin', from London to NZ is at MS-Papers-5694
The writer, a New Zealand Company accountant and later Chief Clerk in the Land Office in Nelson, arrived in Wellington on the `Mandarin' in 1841 where he set up a school
Quantity: 1 volume(s) (34 items). 0.03 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holographs and typed transcript (36 cm; green cloth folder)
- Additional description
Microfilm copy available in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room. Use Micro-MS-0511.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 volume(s) (34 items), 0.03 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Personal narratives, Manuscripts, Holographs and typed transcript (36 cm; green cloth folder)
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