Letters from Nelson, 1843. [Vol. 2]

Production date
1843
 Description
Letters from various early Nelson settlers, filed chronologically, and providing a graphic description of the settlement. Descriptions include the fort on Church Hill, the Wairau incident, the working men of Nelson's petition to The New Zealand Company via Captain Wakefield in regard to their prospects, 14th January 1843 (Workers' Petition) and another petition from the working men at Waimea South, Nelson, 22 June 1843 for a fort for protection from the Māori.

Object detail

Object Type
typescript
Media/Materials Description
Green boards
Measurements
1 v. (various pagings) ; 35 cm
Collection
Bett Loan Collection
Keywords
Early settlement; Wakefield, Arthur ; Wakefield, William; Tuckett, Frederick ; Jollie, Francis; Catherine Torlesse; Charles Heaphy; Charles Torlesse; J Greaves; J Kidson; Rev. Harry Dupuis; William Fox; A McDonald; McLaren; Sir Everard Home; Nelson Examiner, 7 January, 1843; Edward Gibbon Wakefield; New Zealand journal, 7 March 1843;
Subjects
Nelson - History - 1842-
Nelson - History - Correspondence
Frontier and pioneer life - Nelson
Other Reference Numbers
qMS LET
Credit Line
Letters from Nelson, 1843. [Vol. 2]. 1843. Nelson Provincial Museum, Bett Loan Collection: Bett2012.4.424.

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