Born Walton-on-Thames, England; educated Guernsey; Bank of England employee before coming to New Zealand on "Lady Nugent" aged 27; arrived Nelson with John Robert Godley; made overland journey from Nelson to Port Cooper (ie Canterbury) Plains, 1850-1851 seeking a new route; married in Christchurch, 1853 to Harriet Maria Paul, daughter of Rev Robert Bateman Paul. (MS-Papers-0212-C/06)
Lee, Edward James, 1822-1883
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Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Jul-Dec 1879
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-092
Description: Identified persons entered under Name below; also includes letter from William Lees Bell with sketches of changes to his church's interior; conveyance, Buccleugh district, Hall to Messrs Brown and Allen; proposal to form a sugar company; letter from D [?] Inwood, Christchurch; sale notice, Glendore Estate, near Coalgate and Homebush; introduction for [?] M M Page Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Miscellaneous manuscripts
Date: [ca 1800s-1900s]
From: General Assembly Library : Miscellaneous manuscripts
Reference: MS-Papers-10077-1
Description: Includes a typescript of ‘Journal of a journey from Nelson to the Port Cooper Plains’ (1850-1851) by Edward James Lee, and a typescript of ‘Wakapapa [sic] of Joseph Robinson with explanatory notes, etc’ (1940). Also included is a brief biography of Dr William Chapman, an early physician in Christchurch and a notice of indenture relating to Edward Corner, draper (1837). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Description updated 12 July 2023 following information from a researcher.
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Jun-Sep 1882
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-104
Description: Identified persons entered under Name below; also includes letter from [?] Wright regarding employment of brother, S Goslyn Wright; map bounded by Rockwood, Washfern Creek and Hororata; and note regarding `Dad's Peerage' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Map showing properties bounded by the road to Rockwood, [?] Washfern Creek and the Hororata River; T Hazzard's name included
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Smart, William, 1830?-1900 :Country known as Wharfdale... 1862.
Date: 1862
Reference: A-219-006
Description: A view across a river plain 'Waiolite Plain', looking towards the Canterbury foothills of the Southern Alps. Mentions station established by E J Lee, 1855, with inscription giving historical background and identifying features of landscape, including Waimakariri and Ashley Rivers, Townsend (Townshend) River, Whistler River, Ashley Gorge, Oxford Hill, Mount Torlesse, Puketeraki Range. Inscriptions: Signed: W. Smart The artist may have been on his way to the West Coast goldfields, via the Hurunui Gorge, when he drew this view. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 220 x 290 mm Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts section, 'McEnnis, 1937' [not traced], 12 April 1978..
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: May-Aug 1878
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-088
Description: Identified correspondents entered under Name below; also includes anonymous letter from Wellington; and plan relating to Falsgrave Street sale Quantity: 1 folder(s). Small plan of Falsgrave and Union streets relating to sale
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Apr 1883
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 82-355-05/1
Description: Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Feb 1883
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 82-355-01/2
Description: Identified correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Sep-Dec 1876
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-081
Description: Most correspondents identified and entered under Name below; also includes letter for Major Atkinson; and letter from J R Dell Hill[?] Christchurch Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Jan-Apr 1878
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-087
Description: Identified persons entered under Name below; also includes letter from [?] N Francis, Christchurch, probably working for the railways; T and [?] E Pavitt; [?] G Read, Christchurch; James Fraser of Christchurch Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Jan-May 1880
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-094
Description: Identified persons entered under Name below; also includes intoruduction from F [?] Bourdil, sailing on SS `Hawea'; and map showing property of Hall and E Stewart by the Southern Railway Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Oct-Dec 1880
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-096
Description: Identified persons entered under Name below; also includes letter from Rev J [?] Worker, Leeston; and letter to George Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Jan-Jun 1879
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-091
Description: Identified correspondents entered under Name below; also includes school report for Hall's son Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Jun-Sep 1877
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-084
Description: Includes parts of several issues of the `Lyttelton times' (Sep 1877); identified correspondents entered under Name below. Also includes telegram from Thos [?] Hoskinge, Dunedin, to J Fountain, Hororata; and letters to [?] D'Ogley; [?] Clark, Writtle; and [?] Meddings, Christchurch, regarding work. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Oct-Dec 1882
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-105
Description: Other - See also telegram books Folders 296-299; private and private official letters MSX-912, MSX-913, MSX-932, MSX-933 & MSY-1094; official papers in Hall Ministry MSY-1101; political letters and telegrams MSY-1102; cabinet memoranda MSX-938 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Jun-Sep 1880
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-095
Description: Identified persons entered under Name below; also includes letter from [?] J B Mackenzie, Wakefield, Nelson; [?] Harvell, Christchurch; letter regarding a Philosophical Institute subscription; list of subscribers to the Sir John Richardson Memorial University Scholarship; and telegram from J Robinson, Cheviot Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Letters relating to Who's who and the Dictionary of New Zealand biography
Date: 1929-1954
From: Scholefield, Guy Hardy, 1877-1963 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0212-C/06
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (57 letters). Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts Finding Aids: See inventory for a fuller description of the contents of this folder.
Manuscript
Papers re exploration of the Wairau and Nelson hinterland
Date: 1850-1851
From: Andersen, Johannes Carl, 1873-1962 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0148-128
Description: Includes: W Murray Mitchell - memo to Superintendent, Nelson (11 June 1950) Extract from paper read before Royal Geog. Soc., London (Feb 1851), later published as a pamphlet Fred A Weld - letter (Jan 1851), detailing his journey, Dec 1850 (ms typescript) E J Lee - journey from Nelson to the Port Cooper Plains (typed transcript of passage in Paul's `Letters from Canterbury' (1857) William Locke Travers - letter to Provincial Sec 1855 Fred A Weld - letter to provincial secretary (1855) printed in Canterbury gazette (1857) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Map
Duppa, George, 1817-1888: Sketch of the country between Nelson and Canterbury [ms map]....
Date: 1856
By: Duppa, George, 1817-1888
Reference: MapColl-834.2at/[1856]/Acc.812
Description: Map of the coastline and country inland between the Wairau River and Ports Victoria and Albert at Lyttelton, Canterbury. The following rivers are shown - Waimakariri, Ashley, Waipara, Hurunui, Greta, Motunau, Waiau, Tuahuka, Stanton, Mason, Conway, Waiautoa, Acheron, Waiopi, and Wairau. The following places are also represented - Christchurch, Amuri, Hamner, Cape Campbell, and Nelson. Relief shown by hachures. Areas of manuka scrub are shown. Sheep trails are represented by the red lines. Note in left hand corner provides information relating to the track from Nelson to the Waiau-ua [sic], which Messers Lee and Jollie used for sheep droving. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on light-weight brown paper, linen backing, coloured, scale [1:250 000], 68 x 94 cm.