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New Zealand Company, Correspondence. Wellington Original Despatches, 1846 : Correspondence.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Migration to new worlds.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Description: The letters are predominantly sent or received by William H. Wakefield, Principal Agent of the New Zealand Company in 1846 and relate to the legal and financial affairs of the New Zealand Company, referring to land transfers, grants and orders. There is a manuscript table showing the statement of notices of transfers received by Wakefield from August 1839 to 16 December 1845. The Company's claim to lands in Port Nicholson is commonly referred to throughout, with many noting reports and surveys of land made to ascertain proportions that may be granted as compensation to the local Maori. There is mention of hostilities amongst the British settlers and the Maori, and the Wairau Massacre in particular is noted within these letters.
- Notes:
- The New Zealand Company was a chartered company formed in 1839 and incorporated in 1841 with power to buy, sell, settle and cultivate land in New Zealand. It did not prove a satisfactory agency for colonising New Zealand and was induced to surrender its charters in 1850. It was finally dissolved in 1858.
- AMDigital Reference: CO 208/104.
- Description based on online resource (viewed on October 24, 2017).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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