Of 'Meadowbank', Ellesmere, in 1875. Wrote to Sir John Hall from Waipuna in 1888 and to William Rolleston from Kirwee, Canterbury, in 1893 re Lincoln College and women's franchise. Son of Thomas Overton, of Lincolnshire. Arrived in New Zealand in 1854. See obituary - Press, 8 Sep 1931, p 13.
Overton, Henry, 1847-1931
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Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: May-Jul 1895
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-212
Description: Identified correspondents entered in the Name field; also includes letter from Harman with plan of block bounded by Falsgrave Street, Shakespeare Road and the railway, with a government block and connecting road, Thackeray Street in Sydenham; letter from Hall's nephew, Nigel, with note from a parent; letter from Rev H [?] Harner, visiting Wellington Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Personal, financial, official and miscellaneous papers
Date: [ca 1870-1898]
From: McLean family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1044
Description: Most of the papers in this folder relate to R D D Maclean and include accounts and receipts, clippings, report on Hawke's Bay A & P Association AGM (1889), invitations to Lady Knutsford and from Ministre des Affaires Etrangeres, letters on breeding ponies from Fred [?] Swindley, request for attendance as HJP, re hares and hounds racing, property matters, schedule for game of haunted houses, also letter from Napier on headed `Rosam ne rode (1878), and letter in Maori from Rora Poneke, Korongata, asking R D D Maclean if could borrow a buggy (1883). Identified persons entered under Name. Language - Letter from Rora Poneke to R D D Maclean Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Sotheby's in 1969 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Seven small photographs showing aspects of farming, buildings, sheep and a horse.
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: 1846, 1875-1883
From: Newman, William, 1820?-1909 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2507-36
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (11 letters). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Jul 1889
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-157
Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field; includes an instruction sheet on steps to be taken with regard to a parcel mail from India on arrival in London, at the Albert Docks, and at the General Post Office, St Martins-Le-Grand Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Oct-Dec 1901
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-246
Description: Identified correspondents entered in the Name field; also includes letters from Frances, Hall's grand-daughter, writing from Stoneleigh; and from E S Hill, Rockwood, Llandaff Other - See also letterbook MSX-924; family letterbook MSX-935 & MSX-936 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Apr-Jun 1904
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-260
Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Jan-Mar 1904
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-259
Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field; also includes letter from [?] Morris, c/- James Shand & Co, Christchurch Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence re General Election
Date: 1887
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-141
Description: File relating to the 1887 General Election; identified correspondents entered in the Name field; also includes anonymous letter; notes on electoral matters and meetings, letter from [?] J V Willis, Leeston Other - See also diary MSX-2674 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Aug-Oct 1894
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-208
Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Jan-Feb 1907
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-264
Description: Identified correspondents entered in the Name field; also includes letter from Frances, grand-daughter of Hall, Highfield; from Kenneth, grand-son of Hall, Hororata; from niece, Ada, South Croydon; copies of letters relating to the Christchurch mayoralty; a list of the members of the Yorkshire Society of Canterbury; a letter from Christchurch City Council commiserating on the health of Hall; and an endless chain letter Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Jan-Apr 1901
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-243
Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field; also includes letters from Tasmania relating to references to Karl a von Nida Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Aug 1891
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-179
Description: Most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field; also includes private circular from the Australian Mail from London; letter from A [?] MacKeig, Rakaia; petition relating to formation of the Farm Homestead Association signed by Arthur Wilson, Leeston, Arthur Greenwood, Alexander Knox-Callagag, Leeston, Henry Hamilton, Edward George Small, John Grierson Doyle, Thomas Blanch, Andrew Foster, James Crawford, James Huston and Walter Chapman; telegram from Westport regarding A H Turnbull's retrenchment from Public Works signed by Gilmer, Colvin, O'Brien and 30 others; letter from `A Broken-hearted Mother' regarding the 1889 bill legalizing marriage with deceased, husband, brothers; resolution from the Anglican diocese of Dunedin regarding the proposed change to marriage laws in the Divorce Bill; plans relating to sale of land relating to Falsgrave and Junction streets and East Town and South Town Belt. Much correspondence relates to the passage of the women's franchise bill. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Oct-Dec 1898
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-231
Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field Other - See also letterbooks MSX-0921 and MSX-0922 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Nov-Dec 1891
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-181
Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field; also includes letter from Mrs Scott, Women's Suffrage Committee, Lynton, Sydney Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Nov-Dec 1890
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-170
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Inward correspondence - Oet to Ove
Date: 1877-1898
From: McLean family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0859
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available. Names entered in Name Field. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Two watercolours on a card by Isa Orthwaite removed from letter dated 29 Dec 1910.
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Aug-Oct 1896
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-220
Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: May-Jul 1901
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-244
Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field; includes glasses prescription for Hall Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Aug-Sep 1898
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-230
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Correspondence with H Overton on station business
Date: Jan-Dec 1903
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-256
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).