Puckey, Edward Walter, 1837-1924

Date: 11-12 Dec 1874

Reference: MS-Papers-2520

Description: Account of a meeting held at Thames on 11 and 12 Dec to discuss payment for the Ohinemuri goldfield. The meeting was attended by Sir Donald McLean, James MacKay, Edward Walter Puckey and chiefs and members of the Ngati Maru, Ngati Tamatera, Ngati Whanaunga and Ngati Paoa tribes. Source of title - Transcribed Authorship of the document is unknown Quantity: 1 folder(s) (28 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: No details about the provenance of the document are available other than that it was found under a pile of newspapers in a cupboard in a house at Te Anau in about 1975. How it came to be there could not be established at that time.

Date: 1877-1925

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0861

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1836

Reference: MS-0204

Description: The first six chapters of Daniel and the book of Jonah, translated by W G Puckey EMI 0065 Language - (with English translation) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 88 pages). Physical Description: Ms (21 cm; ½ blue calf case)

Date: ca 1890s

Reference: 1/2-005228-F

Description: A montage of ten individual head and shoulders portraits of members of the Puckey family. Left to right - top row: Edward Puckey, Richard Puckey, William George Puckey; second row: William Gilbert Puckey, Charles Puckey, Mrs Matilda Puckey; third row: Annie Puckey; fourth row: Margarita Puckey, Alfred Puckey, Mary Puckey. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: [ca 1868-1894]

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1022

Description: Incomplete letter to `My dear Frederick' from Wellington (15 Mar 1870) describing the writer and wife Louisa's life in Wellington, Te Kooti's campaign, Douglas Maclean, cost of living, Margaret Dixon and her family, and other matters; letter from E W Puckey, Native Land Office, Thames, re Maori land matters, referring to Tarapipipi, Wikiriwhi te Hautonga and supporters of Te Hiria, Native Office, Thames (11 Apr 1870); letter to R D D Maclean re George French Angas's books (1894); notice re special train for Lithgow Valley (1874); notes re Maori rights; note re letter from Parris re fracas at Oeo; coat of arms notes; Union Bank of Australia note re dishonoured postal note of Baldwin & Higgins (1869); note re Te Kooti; part of letter to Donald McLean, Maketu, describing land war events particularly relating to Te Kooti (27 Jan 1870) Copy of letter describing roads and conditions in New Zealand (from Douglas Maclean, 19 Mar 1880, and letter in same hand re horses (6 Jan 1878); fragment of letter describing state of unknown person [Donald?] undergoing change; letter to a McLean written from Picton about matters of mutual interest in Picton, Nelson and Taranaki, especially pertaining to Edwards and political matters (1875); part (draft?) of letter from Clifton, Bristol, re merino fleece for International Wool Exhibition at the Crystal Palace from Douglas Maclean (1881); unfinished letter by [?] resident magistrate objecting to his recent appointment to Waikato, with good general description of social situation of area and referring to Searancke (1870); draft of letter from Douglas Maclean to J G Kinross, Napier (1879); part of letter to a Dear friend about a troublesome daughter; other fragments and notes; letter to Donald McLean from Tauranga offering biblical advice (1870) Testimonials of Alexander Grant (1868); copies of letters, James Bailey to Capt Innes McPherson and Colonel T Chute to James Bailey re military appointments (1861) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Sotheby's in 1969

Date: 1863-1876

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

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0518

Description: 55 letters written from Thames & Auckland, 1863-1876. Includes letter from McLean to Puckey (marked confidential), Jun 1871; letter from Te Hira Te Tuiu, Ohinemuri, 23 Oct 1871 (in Maori); letter from Te Ao o Te Kowhai, Te Kuiti, 30 Oct 1871 (in Maori). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Jan-Sep 1880

From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers

Reference: 77-248-03/1

Description: Identified correspondents entered under Name field. Includes a letter of 20 July 1880 by W Gibbs that records an interview with a girl, ‘E Page’, who was pregnant to her school master ‘Hume’. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Scope and name record updated 26 September 2023 following information from a researcher.