King, Henry, 1783-1874

Date: 1847

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :[Pencil sketches and watercolours of New Zealand 1839-1850]

By: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889

Reference: A-229-039

Description: A view across rolling countryside towards a central house and several other peripheral houses with a background of bush. Two conical tents and a fenced area are in the right foreground and a dead tree trunk is in the centre foreground. Part of the side of Mt Taranaki rises up to the right of the view. Title from verso Other Titles - New Plymouth Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on card 177 x 261 mm Provenance: Crawford family, Wormit, Fife, Scotland

Date: 1845-1888

From: King family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5641-23

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 27 Oct 1840 (transcribed 2008)

By: McMahon, Seán John Daniel, 1961-

Reference: MSDL-0382

Description: Electronic transcription of ode composed by an unknown author in honour of Captain Henry King, and sung at the dinner given the first settlers, prior to sailing to New Zealand, 1840. Manuscript notes in the heading `Air - Hardy Tar'. Manuscript is annotated `Holsworthy - Oct 27th 1840'. King worked the Bude and Holsworthy Canal as a barge master, hence it is likely the dinner was held in the town of Holsworthy. Captain Henry King sailed to New Plymouth aboard the `Amelia Thompson' in 1841. Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Part of SBDD (shipboard diary digitisation) project

Date: 9 Aug 1849-30 Oct 1850

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: qMS-1212

Description: Copies of letters written by McLean in his capacity of Inspector of Police and Land Commissioner. They relate to policing issues, Maori and land purchases in Wanganui, Turakina, Rangitikei and Manawautu districts. Includes copy of a list of chiefs who received payment of 500 pounds, being the second instalment due as per deed of sale of the Rangitikei and Whangaehu districts, 10 Jul 1850. In the front of the volume is a chronological index listing correspondent and subject matter of each letter. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1845-1856

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0374

Description: 71 letters written from Taranaki - Police Office, Brooklands & New Plymouth Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 27 Oct 1840

By: Cutfield, George, 1799-1879; White, Percy James Hoyland, 1874-1942

Reference: fMS-Papers-9183

Description: Ode composed by an unknown author in honour of Captain Henry King, and sung at the dinner given the first settlers, prior to sailing to New Zealand, 1840. Manuscript notes in the heading `Air - Hardy Tar'. Manuscript is annotated `Holsworthy - Oct 27th 1840'. King worked the Bude and Holsworthy Canal as a barge master, hence it is likely the dinner was held in the town of Holsworthy. Ms signed on verso by Captain King. Captain Henry King sailed to New Plymouth aboard the `Amelia Thompson' in 1841. Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph with ms annotation Provenance: Original manuscript was given to P J H White by J Cutfield of Wanganui. Processing information: Part of SBDD (shipboard diary digitisation) project

Date: 8 Mar 1847-14 Aug 1848

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: qMS-1207

Description: Letter book headed, `Letters on subjects connected with land at New Plymouth, commencing 8 March 1847'. Mainly of the letters include `Inspector of Police' as part of the signature.Includes correspondence relating to surveying land and the purchasing of land from Maori. The bulk of the correspondence is with the Colonial Secretary and Captain King, Police Magistrate, New Plymouth. Other correspondents include Wellington Carrington, surveyer, William Halse and Rev Turton. At the front of the volume is an index which list the letters in chronological order recording the name of the recipient and the subject matter of the letter. Arrangement: qMS-1206-1212 are boxed together Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Ms

Date: 27 Apr 1846-30 Dec 1847

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: qMS-1206

Description: Contains copies of letters relating to police affairs. The bulk of the letters are addressed to the Colonial Secretary and to Henry King, Police Magistrate, New Plymouth. At the front of the volume is a chronological index containing details of the name of the recipient and the subject matter of the letter. Arrangement: qMS-1206-1212 are boxed together Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Ms

Date: 1849

From: Hursthouse, Charles Flinders, 1812-1876 :An account of the settlement of New Plymouth in New Zealand, from personal observation, during a residence there of five years. London ; Smith, Elder and Co., 1849.

By: Ford & George (Firm); Wicksteed, Emma Ancilla, 1811?-1869

Reference: PUBL-0185-front

Description: A lithograph made from the original drawing by Emma Wicksteed. It shows the house and grounds of Henry King's home, with Mt Taranaki in the distance. There are three figures on the track to the house, cattle standing under the trees, and a flock of sheep at the right. Other Titles - Wicksteed Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 97 x 167 mm, on page 120 x 200 mm.

Date: 1842-1860

By: Sinclair, Andrew, 1794-1861

Reference: MS-1947

Description: Sinclair was an eminent botanist and the journals record excursions around Auckland, Whangarei, Coromandel and Otago and are chiefly about the botany of the regions, with observations about geology, Maori occupation and people. The correspondence is both personal and official and includes letters from FitzRoy, Donald McLean, Shortland, Sidney Herbert, Grey, Gore Browne and others with a small number from Sinclair on political and current matters. Not all correspondents have been entered in the Names field. Relationship complexity - Original mss material, and carbon copy of this item, at qMS-1809-1812. Transferred from Parliamentary Library in 1977. Dr Andrew Sinclair was a physician and Colonial Secretary, 1844-1856 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 200 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; brown buckram) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Estate of G H Scholefield, 1966