GROUP
Series 2 Papers relating to Sarah Harriet Selwyn
- Date
- 1799-1902
- By
- Selwyn, Sarah Harriet, 1809-1907
- Reference
- Series-4947
- Description
Correspondence with her husband and her children, particularly her son John Richardson Selwyn and relatives, written over her long life. Also, drafts of her reminiscences. Much of the later correspondence is only of marginal relevance to New Zealand; however she continued to have a long-term interest in the progress of the Church, both in New Zealand and Melanesia. Some of the folders subdivided into piece-level items
Quantity: 7 folder(s).
- Part of
- Selwyn family : Papers
- Format
- 7 folder(s)
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UnknownReminiscences
Date: [ca 1799-1867], [ca 1892]
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: MSX-8656
Description: Handwritten reminiscences cover her earliest days, marriage to Selwyn, their travel to New Zealand and activities there. A draft of the final copy of her reminiscences, it includes numerous amendments, additions and other alterations, all in her hand. Pages have not been bound but have been numbered. The date of composition is conjectural only Relationship complexity - Typescript copies of the final copy may be found at qMS-1782 and MS-Papers-7188 Quantity: 1 volume(s). Processing information: Digitisation details - Loose pages have been digitised after the volume and appear at the end of the structure map
Letter from Fanny Peacock
Date: 24 Jul 1849
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10105-20
Description: Letter from Fanny [Frances] Peacock, a sister of G A Selwyn, and sister-in-law of Sarah. Mainly social and family news, especially concerning Sarah's sons, william and John Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Reminiscences - Fair copy
Date: Jan 1892
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10105-05
Description: Incomplete fair copy of Sarah Harriet Selwyn's Reminiscences Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Unidentified and fragments of letters
Date: [ca 1890-1900]
From: Selwyn family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10105-33
Description: Loose papers, fragments of letters, mainly undated, found with the papers of Sarah Harriet Selwyn Quantity: 1 folder(s).