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Series 9 Inwards family letters
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- Series-4333
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- McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
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- Family papers, Personal correspondence
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Inward family correspondence - Archibald John McLean (brother)
Date: 1847-1862
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0817
Description: Letters written on board ship or from various ports, 1847-1858 prior to his arrival in New Zealand in mid-1858. From then on the letters are almost all written from Maraekakaho about station matters. Archy's wife Catherine Isabella McLean joined him at Maraekakaho in mid-1861. They married in Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland in 1855. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward family correspondence - Susan McLean (wife)
Date: 1851
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0827
Description: Letters between Donald McLean and Susan. Donald's letters written from Hawke's Bay, Rangitikei, Taita and Wairapapa. Susan's letters from Dalmuir Hill, Wellington (the home of her parents (Robert and Susannah Strang). Susan Strang married Donald McLean in August 1851 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward family correspondence - Douglas Maclean (son)
Date: 1860-1869, nd
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0819
Description: Mainly letters written while he was at school in England, from Temple Grove (East Sheen) and Clifton College. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward family correspondence - Douglas Maclean (son)
Date: 1870-1877
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0820
Description: Letters written from Auckland, Wellington and Hawke's Bay Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward family correspondence - Archibald John McLean (brother)
Date: 1859-1876
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0818
Description: Letters written from Maraekakaho, Warleigh, Doonside and Glenorchy about station matters and family news. Letter dated 24 Oct 1874 recounts the McLean family's lineage and gives dates of birth for family members The first letter addressed from Glenorchy is dated 23 Jun 1863 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: The first part of letter fragment #112 is located in MS-Papers-0032-0192.
Inward family correspondence - Catherine Hart (sister); Catherine Isabella McLean (sist...
Date: 1847,1854-1875, nd
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0811
Description: Catherine McLean (later Hart) wrote from Stobs Castle, Hawick, Roxburghshire and from Edinburgh, Scotland prior to her arrival in New Zealand in 1861, and from Wellington, Hawke's Bay and Christchurch, 1861-1875, including many undated letters and fragments. The folder contains 9 letters written by Catherine Isabella McLean, from Maraekakaho and Glenorchy, Hawke's Bay, 1861-1875. Includes one letter written by Annabella McLean from Edinburgh in Nov 1862 Catherine Isabella McLean was married to Captain Archibald McLean, the eldest brother of Catherine and Donald McLean. The two Catherine's arrived in New Zealand together on the Wild Duck in 1861 and Catherine joined her husband at Maraekakaho. By 1864 Archy had purchased a parcel of land from Donald, close to the cottage at Maraekakaho, on which he built a house named `Glenorchy'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward family correspondence - Robert Hart (brother-in-law)
Date: 1858-1870
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0812
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward family correspondence - John McLean (father) John McLean (brother)
Date: 1833, 1856-1870
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0822
Description: Letter from John McLean, Kilmoluag, Tiree, 1833 to his son Archibald John McLean in Stranraer, Scotland; letters from John McLean to his brother Donald, 1856-1970 (includes Donald to John, Feb 1859), written from Melbourne, Christchurch, Buccleuch Station, Timaru, Ashburton and Seadown Station. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Family correspondence - Robert Strang (father-in-law)
Date: 1855-1863
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0824
Description: Correspondence between Donald McLean and his father-in-law, Robert Strang Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward family correspondence - Susan McLean (wife)
Date: [ca 1851], 1852
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0828
Description: The letters from Donald are written from Porirua Barracks, Otaki, Rangitikei, Waikanae, Wanganui and Taranaki. Susan's letters are addressed from Dalmuir Hill (her parent's home) and Wellington Terrace. Many letters are undated and were written prior to their marriage in Aug 1851. Includes correspondence between Susan McLean and her mother Susan Strang (2 letters, undated); one letter from Helen Anne Wilson to Mrs McLean, 30 August 1852 Susan McLean died shortly after the birth of a son, Douglas on 8 November 1852. During most of her pregnancy Donald was absent from Wellington, returning in Sep 1852 Quantity: 1 folder(s).