Captain Henry Mercer. Soldier with the Royal Artillery, killed at Rangiriri on 20 November 1863. The Waikato township Mercer was named after him. Brother of Major A H H Mercer (late of 89th Regiment). Wrote to Donald McLean in 1860s from Auckland re land he owned at Remuera.
Mercer, Henry, 1825?-1863
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[Various artists] :[Portraits from The defenders of New Zealand] - [Auckland ; Brett, 1...
Date: 1887
By: Messenger, William Bazire, 1834-1922; Boodle, W, active 1887
Reference: A-051-031/058
Description: Portraits of nineteenth century politicians and soldiers One from drawing by L Speed, one by S W Slader; some engraved by Meisenbach, JLS, Messenger, and W Boodle. Extended Title - Published in: Gudgeon, T W. The Defenders of New Zealand Quantity: 28 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithographs, b&w ; various sizes on sheets, 250 x 170 mm
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Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Auckland Cemetery. Graves of Commodore Burnett, R. ...
Date: 1864 - 1866
From: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911 :Sketches in New Zealand [ca 1860 to 1864]
By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898
Reference: E-047-q-023
Description: Grafton Gully in the foreground, with two large graves prominent. In the middle distance are houses and the outline of a church, while the Waitemata Harbour, with North Head and Rangitoto Island (inaccurately drawn) are in the background Possibly copied by Hamley from a drawing of his superior officer, E. A. Williams, although no Williams' original for this view is known. Captain Henry Mercer was killed at Rangiriri in October 1863. The town Mercer was named after him. Commodore Burnett was in charge of H. M. S. Orpheus, which ran ashore on the Manukau Bar in February 1863, with the loss of much of its crew, including Burnett. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on blue card, 110 x 140 mm.
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Inward letters - Surnames, Mau - Mer
Date: 1850-1875, n d
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0451
Description: Correspondents: D C Maunsell, Wellington, 1876 (4 letters); E S Maunsell, Wellington, 1876 (1 letter); Rev Robert Maunsell, Kohanga, 1856-1857 (2 letters); Mark Maxton, Wellington, 1873 (1 letter). Samuel Frederick Mayhew, Wellington, 1870 (1 letter); Rev Samuel Mayhew, London, 1872 (2 letters); Edward Mayne, Stafford, 1870 & 1874 (2 letters); William Mayo, Napier, 1869 (1 letter); J A R Menzies, Dunedin & Wellington, 1850-1875 & undated (6 letters); H Mercer, Auckland, 1862-1863 (2 letters). Quantity: 1 folder(s).