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Letter books
- Date
- 1849-1870
- Reference
- qMS-1195-1201
- Description
These letter books include volumes describing stock and station at Akitio Station and correspondence about the New Zealand wars in Taranaki and Waikato.
Arrangement: qMS-1195-1201 are boxed together
Quantity: 1 box(es) (7 vols).
Physical Description: Holographs (30 cm; ¼ blue calf, blue linen case box)
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original - Microfilm copies available in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0771
- Part of
- McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers / Series 3 Letter books
- Format
- 1 box(es) (7 vols), Manuscripts, Holographs (30 cm; ¼ blue calf, blue linen case box)
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Copyright
UnknownLetter book, Native Department, Auckland
Date: 25 Sep 1869 - 5 Mar 1870
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: qMS-1201
Description: Copies of outward correspondence. Includes correspondence about confiscated land in the Waikato and the movements of Te Kooti. Correspondents include Colonels Elliot, McDonnell and Rooke, Captains Montgomerie and Palmer, Major Noake, Manning, Parris, Searancke, Walter Buller, Domett and Hetet. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss
Letter book
Date: Nov 1849-Apr 1850
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: qMS-1198
Description: Copy book; includes letters to Edward Eyre, Andrew Sinclair and Sir George Grey. Also letters to his aunt, Flora and her son, Duncan MacInnes in Scotland. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Ms
Private letter book
Date: 19 Apr-5 Nov 1852, 18 Dec 1860-10 Sep 1862
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: qMS-1196
Description: Letter book titled `Letter book for entering letters relative to stock. Private'. Mainly relates to Hawksburn Station in Otago. Includes correspondence with his Otago agent, Thomas Gillies. Names of correspondents entered in name index. Also includes a memo of property belonging to Donald McLean, 22 May 1861, memo of sheep shipped for Otago, memos of stock, memo of sheep shorn in 1860 and invoice of wool up to Dec 1860. At the rear of the volume are copies of letters written in 1852. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Ms
Letter book
Date: 27 Apr-27 Jun 1857
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: qMS-1195
Description: Copy book containing letters mainly about stock, land and personal matters. Correspondents are addressed only by their surname. Includes a letter to Cooper about the `Ligar affair'. also letters to [John] Cameron, [Donald] Furguson, Mac and Steward Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Ms
Letter book for entering letters relative to native affairs
Date: 5 Sep 1860-6 Mar 1861
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: qMS-1199
Description: Letters in Maori to Tamihana Rauparaha, Ihakara, Hori Kingi, Honiana, Epiha Karoro, Ngaruhi and Ihaia. Correspondence with Governor Gore Browne about the Native Council Act and Major-General Pratt, Sir William Martin, Lewis (Louis) Hetet and Dr Peter Wilson about events in Taranaki. Letters are written from Taranaki and Auckland, including from the Native Secretary's Office. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Ms
Official letter book - Colonial Defence Office
Date: 15 Jul-20 Sep 1869
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: qMS-1200
Description: Official letter book with letters to Dr Pollen, Colonel Harrington, Colonel Lyon, Major Fraser, Captain Young, L Hettet (Hetet), Rhodes and Alan Maclaine. Letters discuss the movements of Te Kooti, the building of a redoubt at Ngaruawahia, the deployment of troops in the Waikato, proposed changes to the armed constabulary and other issues. Includes index listing names of correspondents and subject of letters. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Ms
Akitio Station letter book
Date: 20 Mar 1865-8 May 1868
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: qMS-1197
Description: Copies of correspondence relating to the affairs of Akitio Station. Includes a memo written by Donald McLean respecting the Akitio Run and its future management. At the front of the volume is an index to the letters, listing names of correspondents and subjects of the letters. Three loose letters are tipped into the volume. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Ms