Guide to the Album of Manuscripts of Australasian and Pacific Interest collected by Rex Nan Kivell
MS 4246
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- Rex Nan Kivell
- Title
- Album of Manuscripts of Australasian and Pacific Interest collected by Rex Nan Kivell
- Date Range
- 1722-1961
- Collection Number
- MS 4246
- Extent
- 0.12 metres (1 volume)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1394637).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Album of Manuscripts of Australasian and Pacific Interest collected by Rex Nan Kivell, National Library of Australia, MS 4246, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Finding Aid Source(s)
Please note: This finding aid may comprise or contain descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.
Item Descriptions
Opinion on payment to Comptroller of Mint, 21 July 1815 (Item 1)
Banks, Sir Joseph; Transcript of letter; No original
Proposed letter to Vice Admiral Saunders, 19 Oct 1761 (Item 4)
Anson, 1st Lord of Admiralty; Letter; Proposed base near Gilbraltar
To Capt Michael Seymour re loss of HMS Challenger, 1835, off Chile, 12 July 1835 (Item 5)
Fitz[gerald], Robert Capt. ; Letter
Forwarding a letter to Sir Joseph Banks, 1 Dec 1801 (Item 6)
Parkinson, R. to his brother John; Letter
Witnessed by Barron Field, Judge of Supreme Court, Sydney, 2 Apr 1817 (Item 8)
Jamieson, John; Sworn oath [duplicate]; Re no public employment 30 June 1816 to 31 Mar 1817
Order to pay Israel Hyams for leather, 6 May 1839 (Item 10)
Franklin, John, Lt. Gov.of Tasmania ; Order-to-pay
Peter Atkins' death sentence commuted to transportation for life to NSW, 4 Aug 1807 (Item 11)
George III, King of England; Royal pardon
Accepting invitation to British Museum, undated (Item 12_12a)
Bligh, Admiral of The Bounty; Acceptance; 12a is a rough transcription
To G Linnecare? for purchase of books, 19 Nov 1845 (Item 12b)
Gould, John; Receipt; Australian birds and mammals
Proposed improved method for victualling the poor, 20 May 1791 (Item 13a)
Forrest, Thos. to Dundas, Rt. Hon.Henry; Letter
Receipt of certificates from Deputy Commissioner General, 24 Aug 1815 (Item 13b)
Macquarie, L, Governor of NSW; Acknowledgement
Presenting book to [General] Sir [James]Willoughby [Gordon], 25 Jan 1839 (Item 14b)
Mitchell, T.L.; Letter; Second edition of Thomas Mitchell's book on Australia
To John Malley, Public Auditors, London, 24 Nov 1821 (Item 17)
Macquarie, L Governor; Letter; Re cost of shipping troops to India in May 1821
Provisioning Grenville In St John's Harbour, Newfoundland and (on reverse) transiting Catwater, 19 June 1764 and 4 Dec 1764 (Item 20)
Cook, James; Letter
To [ William Pitt, Ist Earl of Chatham], 27 Apr 1766 (Item 21)
Keppel, Admiral Viscount; Letter; Linked to Capt. Cook.
To Hoole, Rev. Elijah, Wesleyan Mission, London, 21 Oct 1852 (Item 22a)
[Boyan, W.B.]; Letter; [Ecclesiastical secession in NZ]
From a report of a burial of Captain St. George on 6 Oct 1869 at Pouto, near Te Porere, Lake Rotoaira, NZ., undated (Item 23a)
Extract; Reference to a burial following engagement with Te Kooti on 4 Oct1869 during Maori War 1868-1870
Paper taken from bottle at burial site in 23a, 4 Oct 1869 (Item 23b)
St. George, Capt. John Chapman; Record of death; Body removed to Napier 1871
Details of and comments on the will of Captain Cook's widow, Elizabeth Cook, 16 June [18]35 (Item 23d)
Hustler, Thomas; Letter; Includes transcription of 23c & 23d and copy of Elizabeth Cook's will
Members of the royal entourage of King and Queen of Sandwich Islands on visit to England, 17 June 1824 (Item 24 a&b)
Boki, Kapihe and Kuanaoa; Autographs; King and Queen died of measles and were returned home on H.M.S Blonde commanded by Lord Byron
Bearer of parcel of silk from friend in Falkland Islands - duty to be paid, 24 May 1854 (Item 27a)
[Selwyn], G.A., Bishop of N.Z.; Letter; Selwyn signed his name "G.A. NZealand"
Small autographs with notes of his voyage in the Astrolabe., 13 Jan 1905 (Item 28)
D'Urville Dumont, Navigator; Entry from Log
Copied 24 Aug1866 by I. Balen, 3 Aug 1866 (Item 31a)
Williams, Henry, Missionary; Letter [copy]; Arrived in NZ in 1823
To Mr Smith [William James Smith], 12 Mar 1831 (Item 31b)
Phillips, Molesworth Colonel; Letter; Phillips killed Cook's assassin
Re a specimen of [Cerems?] wood, 8 Dec 1851 (Item 33b)
Hooker, W.J., Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Letter
Re failure to issue carte d'éntre to Mr Campbell for Her Majesty's birthday, 3 June 1885 (Item 37b)
Parkes, Henry; Letter
First stone engraving by W. Wyatt Jnr, 1 Feb 1905 (Item 38b)
Bachelor's Ball at Whites; Ball Ticket; Reverse certified by Wyatt on 12 Aug 1868
By order of Governor Gipps, 6 Sept 1845 (Item 39a)
Wells, Joseph who served 7 years; Certificate of Freedom
Stawell, Victoria for £1.for 1 year, 17 July 1862 (Item 39b)
Keogh, Laurence Frederick; Miner's Right
To Crown Lands Office, Perth, 26 Aug 1886 (Item 40)
Forrest, John, Explorer of W.A.; Letter; No enclosure with letter
To Geoge Hammersley (his father), 4 Feb 1838 (Item 41a)
Hammersley, John; Letter; From Leviathan Convict Hulk, Portsmouth
Request for six foolscap folio books, 16 July 1835 (Item 42)
Hill, Rowland, Secretary, South Australian Commission, 1833-39; Letter; Hill was also a reformer of the postal system
To A.W.Senior, 1 Apr 1837 (Item 43a)
Torrens, Robert, Political Economist; Letter; Said to be the discoverer of principle of comparative advantage in international trade 2 years (1815) before David Ricardo
To Syman, G.J. re meteorological instruments for W.A. Government, 17 Feb 1886 (Item 43b)
Todd, Charles of Overland Telegraph; Letter
Death sentence of Wm. Meldrum commuted, 18 Dec 1800 (Item 46d)
King George III & Duke of Portland; Pardon
Order to hang named convicts and stay execution on others also named, 6 Jan 1786 (Item 46e)
Adair, James, Recorder; Order re convicts
Arriienorre?, Ariifaaite?, Teriimaivarua? (King of Bora Bora), 1858? (Item 48a)
Tahiti chiefs and royalty; Autographs
Sentence in Tahitian, undated (Item 48d)
Iaora naoutou ite Atua(?); Autograph; Translation: Greetings to you in the lord.
Maori King, S.S. Sorato, June 1884 (Item 48e)
Tawhiao; Autograph; Tawhiao was the second Maori king, and important chief of the Tainui tribes, 1850s-1880s ; a very significant document
Chief of influence at fortification Wyna?, undated (Item 48f)
Ko Kerewaro Tepuna; Autograph; Translation: Name Kerewaro ; Te Puna could be a place name or a surname?
Letter 20 July, 1881, 23 Feb 1905 (Item 49a)
Papaihia Tamatoa; Autograph; Papaihia Tamatoa ie. Pomare V
S. Maram, Library Keeper, Lincolns Inn, 8 June 1818 (Item 49c)
McArthur, I for fee to London Bar; Receipt
In presence of Hugh Ley, Physician to Their Majesties, July 1824 (Item 50c)
Written by Queen of Sandwich Islands; Sandwich Island Hierarchy ; Signatures of Bishops of Carlyle, Ely and Chester on reverse
Enclosing £150 to Prof. R.Owen FRS for publication of Fossil Mammals of Australia, 10 July 1874 (Item 51)
Parkes, Henry, NSW Colonial Secretary; Autograph; Draft reply from Prof. Owen on spare page
Response to request for freight rates to NZ, 11 Feb 1853 (Item 52a)
To Simpson, John, Bookseller; Letter
To Friend Mr. Cooper, 29 Aug 1864 (Item 53c)
Hare Pomare, Chief of Nga Puhi tribe, North Island, NZ; Letter
To Editor of "Sphere", 4 Sept. 1901 (Item 54a)
Markham, Sir Clements, Pres. of Royal Geographical Society; Introduction; Sent from Norway
To Chapman Hall, London, 14 Feb 1873 (Item 54b)
Tauchnitz, Bernhard, Publisher, Leipzig; Letter; Payment for Trollope's "Australia"
To Gardiner, "Parson of Cotton?", Yorkshire, 25 July 1859 (Item 55a)
Patteson, J.C., Auckland; Letter; Patteson campaigned against "blackbirding" in S.W. Pacific
Respite of execution of David Guoss and John Whitaker, 7 Oct 1777 (Item 59a)
To Sheriffs of London and Middlesex; Official order
Certified by Charles Heaphy, Trust Commissioner, Native Lands Fraud Prevention Act, New Zealand, 10/3/1879, 5 Nov 1878 (Item 61)
Between Hema Te Ao and Ropata Te Ao and James Gear; Conveyancing
To Mr Catrwright re Australian rights to his play suggesting lunch at Café Royal, undated (Item 63a&b)
Wilde, Oscar; Letter
Advising client of availability of new books, 21 June 1797 (Item 65a_c)
de Boffe, J.[ French book dealer?]; Letter [French}; Includes a typed transcript
To General Dugua, Commander at Cairo, 27 Aug 1799 (Item 67a_c)
Tempié; Letter; Includes typed transcript
To Owen Esq., College of Surgeons, 25 June 1837 (Item 71a)
Grey, George [later Gov of NZ]; Letter; Collection of specimens
To George Chelmer, Office for Trade, 25 May 1798 (Item 75a)
Banks, Joseph Sir; Letter; Re Thos. Chapman's petition
To J.H.Piele re who shot his horse, 1 Sept 1801 (Item 77d)
Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley; Letter
To Buller, Walter Sir, re portrait of Major and Mrs Kemp. Thanks Buller for translating letter from Rarai, glad they are pleased with "ahua" (appearance). Will do 3 pictures for 20 pounds. Will paint him as "the Tohunga" instead of the full length portrait., 24 July 1895 (Item 81a)
Lindauer, Gottfried, Painter of Tohunga Maoris; Letter; Walter Buller was a politician, amateur ethnologist and scientist. Major Kemp (Kepa Te Rangihiwinui of Whanganui) was a captain in loyalist forces in the wars of the 1860s.
To Buller, Walter Sir, congratulates him on his "victory over the government" over his estate at Papaitonga. "I would be delighted if you could bring Miss Parata with you on Monday next or some other model which would suit the subject best you want me to paint".E166, 8 May 1899 (Item 81b)
Lindauer, Gottfried, Painter of Tohunga Maoris; Letter
John Austen's death sentence commuted to transportation to NSW for life, 15 Sept 1825 (Item 83)
George IV & Robert Peel; Royal pardon
Later Governor General of India, 1827-32 (Item 85a_f)
Auckland, Lord, 1st Lord of Admiralty; Letters/envelope
Land transfer certified by Alexander Mackay, 6 May 1879 (Item 91)
Tamati Ranapiri, Maori Chief; Deed
"Tamihana a NZ chief in the Church Missionary College [Islington?] For education at his own expense". In his own hand: "Entered it in June 1851 and left England the 22nd July 1852. Tamihana Te Rauparaha, Otaki, Niu Tireni, written by himself"., uncertain (Item 96b)
Tamihana Te Rauparaha; Autograph; Tamihana Te Rauparaha is the full name of the son of the famous Ngati Toa chief. Otaki, home just north of Wellington.
Transfer of land at Wellington, NZ., 2 July 1880 (Item 97a-b)
Signed by several Maori Chiefs; Deed of Transfer
Deputy Chief Chamberlain in trial of Warren Hastings: on 43rd day of Warren Hastings' trial, [1787] (Item 98)
Burrell, Peter, 1st Baron Gwydyr [Inscribed with "Sydney"- perhaps Lord Sydney]; Coat of Arms; Hastings' trial began in Commons in 1787 and lasted 148 days;acquitted by Lords in 1795
[Untitled], 26 Nov 1904 (Item 100)
Sketch of Point Venus, Island of Otaheiti; Copy of painting of "Point Venus", Is. of Otaheiti; Photocopy only
Letter to NZ editors explaining why collection left to Australia rather than to NZ., 17 Jan 1959 (Item 104)
Nan Kivell, Rex de C.; Letter
Provided by James Stack, Government Agent and Interpreter, NZ., 7 Dec 1880 (Item 106)
Paora Take, Native Assessor; Testimony
Hand written text: Paihia June 4 1844. Ki a Neho ki Te Waimate. Kaore ra aku paraihe na Te Wiremu te paraihe I pania ai toku poti, me he mea pea kei konei koe ka inoi atu ahau ki a koe ki tetahi hinu me tetahi wukita ? Ma mo toku poti I a koe, na, tena te ta ? kua korerotia ? kihai pea i rite. Heoi na to hoa. Na Hemi Tautai., June 4,C271 1844 (Item 107b)
Kia Te Koreneho & ki Te Waimate; Maori text; Maori letter from Hemi Tautai at Paihia to Colenso re trade on his ship, mentions blankets and equipment for his ship.
To Editor of Naval and Military Gazette, 4 Jan 1866 (Item 111b)
Gawler, George [later Gov. of S.A.]; Letter; Ref. to Dr Selwyn D.D.
Ref. to previous letters of Ryland to whom he was related, 9 Mar 1953 (Item 111d)
Lock, H?, G?; Letter
To Hon. H.S.Littleton, London, 28 June 1886 (Item 113a)
[obscure] Morialta Chambers, Adelaide, SA.; Letter
Brief history of the unchristianized people of the Pacific Islands, 15 May 1839 (Item 114a)
Williams, J., Missionary; Frontispiece
To Mr Newcater, Somerset, 4 Apr [17] 91 (Item 117a)
Newton, John, Author of Olney Hymns with Wm. Cowper, 1779; Letter
Appears to be about Pacific exploration of La Perouse and d'Entercasteaux, 20 Feb 1810 (Item 117b)
[unknown] text in French; Part of treatise?
Re 'Captaine Bligg' and the "Bounty", undated (Item 117c)
[unknown] text in French; Research article
To H. Hill, Inspector of Schools, Napier NZ., 1883-87 (Item 118a_e)
Colenso, Wm. 1811-1899; Letters(4); Teacher, botanist, politician and explorer
To H. Hill, Inspector of Schools, Napier NZ., 15 Nov 1895 (Item 119)
Colenso, Wm. 1811-1899; Letter/envelope; Teacher, botanist, politician and explorer
To Mr Mundell re submission to Cttee on Promissory Notes, 11 Apr 1826 (Item 121a)
Peel, Robert Sir; Letter
Re murder charge against daughter of Chief Te Waro, Mar 1842 (Item 122)
Symons, Capt., Cornwallis William; Explanation of "Scene from New Zealand" [painting title]; Symons was Chief Magistrate, Auckland
To General Robley about Maori paintings by Tamana?, 19 Jan 1925 (Item 123a)
[obscure: Alex Glubb?]; Letter; General Horatio Robley, British soldier and artist, was a collector of Mokomokai - dried tatooed Maori heads
Obscure: To Mr Kindnaly?, 12 Mar 1852? (Item 123d)
unknown; Letter; Re gold mining and Burra Burra copper mine, SA.
To Vice Chancellor re publishing sermons, 29 Nov 1854 (Item 125a&c)
[Selwyn] George Augus (G.A.); Letter/envelope; Bishop of NZ.
tTo C. Mauby Esq., Sec to Institute of Civil Engineers, 26 Nov 1856 (Item 125e)
Denison, W?, Sydney, Government House; Letter
Directions re 24 convicts on hulks under command of Andrew Bradley, 23 Aug 1810 (Item 126)
The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex; Royal Order
To Keeper of Newgate with Royal pardon for Catherine Murphy, 14 June 1811 (Item 131a)
Silvester, John, Recorder; Warrant
To Keeper of Newgate with Royal pardon for Elias Abrahams, 12 Dec 1812 (Item 131b)
Silvester, John, Recorder; Warrant
Fund raising for the higher education of women, 21 May 1881 (Item 132a)
Barry, Alfred, King's College, Bishop of Sydney, 1884-1910; Letter; Alfred Barry, Religious writer
To Miss Cockrane, 2 June 1893 (Item 132b)
Barry, Alfred, King's College, Bishop of Sydney 1884-1910; Letter; Alfred Barry, Religious writer
Notes on Samuel Edward Marsden (1832-1912), Bishop of Bathurst from 1869, undated (Item 133a)
unknown author; Biographical note; Alfred Barry, Religious writer
To H.J.Scott, 27 Jan 1870 (Item 133c)
Barry, Alfred, Bishop of Sydney 1884-1910; Letter; Alfred Barry, Religious writer
To Rev A.J.D. D'O? (obscure), 5 July 1881 (Item 133d)
Barry, Alfred, King's College; Letter; Alfred Barry, Religious writer
To Miss Cockrane, 3 May 1893 (Item 133f)
Barry, Alfred, Bishop of Sydney 1884-1910; Letter; Alfred Barry, Religious writer
To Bishop of Winchester, 23 July 1893 (Item 133f)
Barry, Alfred, Bishop of Sydney 1884-1910; Letter; Alfred Barry, Religious writer
To Mr B French, London, 28 Aug 1853 (Item 137a)
Harvey, Stuart E., Launceston; Letter (photocopy); Shipments from Launceston
To Crofton Croker, Irish Antiquary, Admiralty, 16 May 1840's? (Item 141b)
Parry, Capt., Artic Explorer; Autograph
To Stokes, Charles "On Some Species of Orthocerata", 8 Sept 1840 (Item 141c)
Parry, Capt., Artic Explorer; Autograph
Appointment of Edward Ball, Lieutenant, 27 Oct 1760 (Item 144)
George III, King of England and Pitt; Royal Deed
To Rev J Williams, Missionary, undated (Item 145)
Makea, Chief of Rarotonga; Letter(facsimile); Includes translation
To Countess Dowager of Buckinghamshire, 9 May 1838 (Item 148)
Queen Victoria & Duke of Norfolk; Signatures
To Lord Templemore, Possibly between 1760-1763 (Item 149c)
Amherst, Jeffrey, 1st Lord Amherst of Montreal; Letter; Amherst was Field Marshall and Military Governor of Canada 1760-63
Appointing James Adair as Lieutenant of 5th Regiment of Foot, 1 Feb 1853 (Item 150)
Queen Victoria and Lord Palmerston; Royal Warrant
To his son[-in-law] and daughter Elizabeth married to David Mason, 23 Jan 1861 (Item 151a&d)
Reid, John; Letter; David Mason was a lithographic artist and watercolourist
Visited Queen Victoria in May 1863 as part of a contingent of Maori Chiefs to Europe, [undated - 1860s?] (Item 151b)
Hapimana Ngapiko, of Te Ati Awa tribe, Taranaki; Autograph
To Rex Nan Kivell re a plaque, 24 May 1961 (Item 153a)
Scott, Sir Peter; Letter; Only son of Capt Robert Scott
[Untitled], 16 Mar 1905 (Item 154a&b)
Australian Cricket Test Team 1902; Post Card with signatures; Correct date is 1902.
To Mr [Foljaube] re re-interment of Lady Burlington and children, 30 June 1892 (Item 157f)
Hall, J.; Letter
To J.P.McArthur, Marrickville, NSW, 12 July 1932 (Item 157h)
Hawkins, H.M., Minister for Social Services; Letter