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Letters from Baron de Thierry, 1952

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/53

Scope and Contents

Photographs of two letters concerning land claims, written from Mount Isabel to the Revd John Hobbs, Methodist Missionary, 14 and 20 December 1842 (8 pages), the originals of which are kept at Trinity Methodist College, Grafton Road, Auckland, New Zealand. The letters are accompanied by the pamphlet 'Some letters of Baron de Thierry' and correspondence regarding the collection between the R.C.S. and the Wesley Historical Society and the Revd L.R.M. Gilmore, 1949-1952.

Dates

  • Creation: 1952

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

1 folder(s) (1 folder) : photograph

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

MSS 89

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by the Revd L.R.M. Gilmore, 1952.

Bibliography

The letters were published, with an introduction and comments by the Revd L.R.M. Gilmour, in the 'Northern advocate', 10 and 11 May 1949, and reprinted as 'Some letters of Baron de Thierry' in vol. 7, no. 2, of the 'Proceedings' of the Wesley Historical Society, New Zealand Branch.

General

This collection level description was created by RAS.

Originator(s)

Thierry, Charles Philip Hippolytus de, 1793-1864, Baron de Thierry

Finding aid date

2004-02-09 16:22:03+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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