Judge, farmer, politician.
Wilson, John Cracroft (Sir), 1808-1881
Correspondence
Date: 1876
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-02/2
Description: Identified correspondents entered in Name field below Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Upton family : Papers
Date: 1865-1930
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2008-2009
Description: Letters and diaries of Thomas Upton and of other family members, who settled in the Ashburton district in 1865, where Thomas was a farm manager and later a runholder and noted breeder of Shropshire sheep Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1988
A Tale of the Indian mutiny - A true story
Date: n d
By: Wilson, John Cracroft (Sir), 1808-1881
Reference: MS-2116
Description: Manuscript account of Sir J Cracroft Wilson's service during the mutiny Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss (13x22cm, unnumbered pages, pink wraps, brown cloth boards)
Correspondence - Volumes 26 (continued) to 27 WAT - ZUC; Supplementary correspondence; ...
Date: 1830-1887
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2282
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
Marshall family : Papers
Date: 1852-1918
By: Marshall family
Reference: Micro-MS-0125
Description: Relationship complexity - See also Micro-MS-0136 Quantity: 3 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Wilson, John Cracroft (Sir), 1808-1881 : Letter to Mrs Turnbull
Date: 4 Oct 1872
By: Wilson, John Cracroft (Sir), 1808-1881
Reference: MS-Papers-3007
Description: Declining her invitation owing to a prior engagement Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph
Papers relating to local history
Date: 1947-1998
From: Locke, Elsie Violet, 1912-2001 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7202-043
Description: Research material relating to Mary Elizabeth Small and her family, John Cracroft Wilson, Governor's Bay and Lyttelton Harbour. Some of this material was used in the children's novel `Runaway settlers'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Correspondence
Date: Jul-Dec 1870
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-057
Description: Most correspondents identified; also includes letter from J or I Ford, Anama Station and peition of Heathcote electors, Prebbleton, calling for a political meeting Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward correspondence
Date: 1865
From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0091-008
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
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).
Correspondence
Date: 1873-1875
From: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903 : Papers
Reference: 77-248-02/1
Description: Identified correspondents entered under Name below Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Wills - Woods
Date: 1873-1886
From: Haast family: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-0037-151
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Inward correspondence (R-W)
Date: 1870-1898
From: Enys, John Davies, 1837-1912 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0670-4
Description: Includes inward correspondence to Mrs and Miss Enys; some persons unidentified, [?] Thomas or William Broun, The Strand, London, M S [?] Chudleigh, [?] Twining of London, Samuel [?] of Cawdy Hall, Harleston, Norfolk Quantity: 1 folder(s) (19 letters). Finding Aids: See inventory for a fuller description of the contents of this folder.
Correspondence
Date: 1855
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-016
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letter to J E Fitzgerald and Shrimpton; letters from Thomson, Beaumont Station, Swinbourne, Wellington and Hall's aunt Elizabeth Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level list available.
Correspondence
Date: 1854
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-015
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letters from Waitt, Lyttelton, and Macnab, Sydney. File of Shrimpton's papers, Linklater, with letter from Edward Norris and power of attorney legal documents involving Thomas Sidney, Lord Mayor of London, Francis Bryant Adams and William Warwick King, Charles Moran. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level list available.
Punch in Canterbury :What may come of the Masters and Servants Bill. Original question....
Date: 1865
By: Punch in Canterbury (Periodical)
Reference: A-315-967
Description: In the first frame a master, who has just dismounted from a horse, hands a plate of food to a servant who cringes in leg-irons on the floor of a prison cell. In the second frame the master is seen taking a break from cracking rocks in a quarry in order to accept a piece of bread from the overseeer. In the background a man laughs as he reads a copy of the 'Voice of the People'. The master is probably John Cracroft Wilson who was criticised for his one-sided Masters and Servants Bill of 1865. He was MHR for Christchurch (1861--66), Coleridge (1866--70) and Heathcote (1872--75). He was known for his great interest in horses and livestock in general. The cartoon was published in 'Punch in Canterbury' 19 August 1865. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A4 size bromide.
Inward letters - Surnames, Wilson
Date: 1861-1875, nd
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0646
Description: Correspondents: John Alexander Wilson, Auckland, Sydney, Richmond, Opotiki, Whakatane, Gisborne, etc, 1861-1875 & undated (24 letters). A number of these letters are addressed to Dr Pollen. One letter is written to J A Wilson by Frederick Jones, Whakatane, Jul 1870. John Cracroft Wilson, Canterbury, 1861-1873 (14 letters) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Seated portrait of John Cracroft Wilson
Date: [ca 1878]
From: Rolleston album 2
Reference: PA1-q-197-22-4
Description: Seated portrait of John Cracroft Wilson, circa 1878. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 58 x 92 mm, mounted on to card
Deed or lease John Cracroft Wilson
Date: [ca 1850-1869]
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0702R-03
Description: Quantity: 1 piece (5 pages on 2 leaves).
Rolleston album 2
Date: [Circa 1870s-1890s]
By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm); Elliott & Fry (Firm); Bassano, Alexander, 1829-1913; Bartlett, Robert Henry, 1842-1911; Wilson, Rosamond Russell, 1910-1981
Reference: PA1-q-197
Description: Cartes-de-visite, chiefly taken circa 1870s to 1890s. Names of subjects given where possible in the list above; some photographers identified. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Cartes-de-visite album with brown leather cover, heavily embossed with gold decoration, lacking part of metal clasp; 29.5 x 23 cm