First white man to cross the Tararua Range, later spent some years in Wairarapa before settling in Hawke's Bay in 1851. Licensed interpreter with NZ Land Purchase Dept. He worked under the Chief Land Purchase Commissioner, Donald McLean, and in association with Cooper, Kempthorne, and William N Searanacke. Father of W C V Grindell of Arapawanui.
Grindell, James Stephen, 1823-1900
Grindle, James, 1823-1900, Karini, 1823-1900
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Grindell, James, 1823-1900 : Journal
Date: 8 Jul 1857-31 Jul 1858
By: Grindell, James Stephen, 1823-1900
Reference: qMS-0891
Description: Journal includes details of negotiations with Maori over land purchases and methods used by purchasers, including McLean, in southern Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa and Manawatu. Grindell's associates included Cooper, Kempthorne and William N Searancke. There is also information about surveying work undertaken by Grindell in north Wairarapa Source of title - Supplied Grindell was a licensed interpreter working under Donald McLean Quantity: 1 volume(s) (59 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (27 cm, green buckram)
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James Grindell
Date: 1823-1900, 1950
From: Bagnall, Austin Graham, 1912-1986 : Papers
Reference: 89-249-9/08
Description: Correspondence with Grindell's son W C V Grindell, 1950. Notes, headstone transcription, obituary, extracts from letters which make reference to Grindell. Also `Reminiscences of early travel in New Zealand' by J Grindell (Hawkes Bay Daily Telegraph, published in Sep-Oct 1897) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Outward drafts and fragments
Date: 1870-1872
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0726
Description: Names of identified correspondents entered in Name Field. Also Miss Manning of Onoke; Edwin Smith Esq of Melbourne (late of Hawke's Bay), 1870; Captain Johnstone; Mr Hunter; Major Jackson; Mrs Symonds (wife of Captain Symonds) and letter to Tukairangi ? for administrative assistance. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Contemporary translation of letter from Tohi Rukura to Maka Takahari
Date: 21 Feb 1865
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0689A-17
Description: Contemporary translation by James Grindell with no original letter relaying information of a Maori defeat at Waitotara Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).
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Native Land Purchase Commissioner - Papers
Date: 1851-1857
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0004
Description: Contains letters to and from McLean with regard to the business of purchasing of Maori land in Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa and elsewhere; also contains details of various purchases and related business Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Contemporary translation of letter to Paora Matenga, Paora Hapi, Tiemi and Hakepa from ...
Date: 9 Feb 1865
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0689A-14
Description: Contemporary translation done by James Grindell, the original letter is not included but translation asks Crown Maori to realign themselves to Maori Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf).
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Inward letters - Surnames, Campbell
Date: 1853-1876, n d
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0204
Description: Correspondents: P Campbell, Nelson, 1853-1860 (2 letter, one includes a sketch map); R E M Campbell, Hamilton, 1876 (2 letters); Walter Lorne Campbell, Cambridge, 1872 & undated (2 letters); William Campbell, Napier & Wellington, 1865-1869 (with references to James Grindell) (3 letters); Dal.Campbell, Hepburn & Co (Melbourne stock & station agents), 1874 (1 letter). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Inward letters - James Grindell
Date: 1853-1876, n d
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0304
Description: 27 letters written from Ahuriri, Napier, Manawatu and Wellington. Includes letter from McLean to Grindell, Nov 1857 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory in folder.
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Letter from Pehimana Taihuku and others to Gisborne Judges
Date: 25 Oct 1870
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0694E-12
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 1 leaf).