MANUSCRIPT
Native Land Purchase Commissioner - Papers
- Date
- 1842-1849
- By
- Harris, John Williams, 1808-1872; Palmer, Richard, active 1832-1840s; Halbert, Thomas, 1807?-1865; Hodgkinson, Francis, active 1830s-1846; Tiffin, Henry, active 1840s; Ngarongomate, Ropata, active 1850-1870; Te Māwae, -1882; Hakimana, active 1840s; Domett, Alfred (Hon), 1811-1887; Tipae, Aperahama, active 1840s-1870s; Reihana, active 1848; Turangapito, Paora, active 1840s; Te Anaua, Hori Kingi, -1868; Te Wunu, active 1850s-1860s; Te Rangiao, Heremia, active 1840s; Huruterangi, Panapa, active 1850s-1860s; Te Hakeke, Kawana Hunia, active 1840-1873; Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0032-0003
- Description
Contains papers dealing with the purchase of Maori land; in particular, there are official papers about `Old Land Claims' (ie pre Treaty of Waitangi); there is also extensive correspondence about the purchase of land in the Rangitikei area from Ngati Apa, and a related dispute about ownership between Ngati Apa and Ngati Raukawa; there is also a letter from Henry Tiffin outlining the concerns of Wairarapa Maori about an invasion by Ngati Toa
Also includes translation of a letter by the Ngati Toa outlining the boundaries of land ceded to the Crown in 1847.
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers / Series 7 Official papers
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Manuscripts
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