Item 3 -- Letter from T.H. [Thomas Henry] Hall, Belfast, [Ireland], to his brother John, dated 26 February 1846. (holograph; 1 leaf, folded; 4 written sides)

Item 4 -- Letter from T.H. [Thomas Henry] Hall, Belfast, [Ireland], to his brother John, dated 25 June 1847. (holograph; 2 leaves, folded; 8 written sides)

Item 5 -- Letter from T.H. [Thomas Henry] Hall, Belfast, [Ireland], to his brother John, Sydney, [Australia], dated 7 May 1846. (holograph; 6 leaves; 11 written sides) [FRAGILE]

Item 6 -- Receipt for 40 British Pounds Stirling received by Captain James Crow from John Hall and family for passage aboard the ship 'Clara' to Auckland, New Zealand, dated 3 May 1848.

Item 7 -- Copy of a notice of sale regarding the sale of Thomas Hall's farm 'Mount Prospect', located in the Parish of Aghalee, County Antrim, and containing 67 acres of land held by lease under the Marquis of Hertford, dated 25 November 1843. (holograph; 2 leaves)

Item 8 -- Application from John Hall, Auckland, to the Colonial Secretary, dated 6 December 1847, for an (Intermediate) or Second Cabin Passage from Great Britain to Auckland, New Zealand, for his family, currently residing at Lake View, near Antrim, Ireland. (holograph; 1 leaf)

Item 9 -- Testimonial from the parish priest of Aghalee in the diocese of Dromore, County Antrim, Ireland, dated 16 August 1841, regarding John Hall. (holograph; 1 leaf, folded; 2 written sides) [FRAGILE]

Item 10 -- Transcribed copy of Item 9. (holograph; 1 leaf)

Item 11 -- Farewell letter from Jane Heaney (John Hall's nurse), Lurgau, to John Hall. (holograph; 1 leaf, folded; 3 written sides) [FRAGILE]

Item 12 -- Farewell letter from Isabella Hall to her sons [John and Richard Hall]. (holograph; 1 leaf, folded; 4 written sides)

Item 13 -- Indenture of apprenticeship by which John Hall, son of Thomas Hall, consents to be apprenticed to the woollen, linen, silk and haberdashery business for a period of four years, dated 22 September 1838. [FRAGILE]

Folder 2:

Item 1 -- Softcover volume (22 cm) containing the family trees of the Young, Runciman, Martyn, Buttle, McNicol and Hall families compiled by A.M. [Arthur Meredith] Leslie Armstrong in October, 1958, from the 'Baby Book' and other records kept by Aunt Margaret [Runciman]. (12 leaves)

Items 2-7 -- Hall family photographs: (1) - John Hall and his son Henry John Hall (100 mm x 60 mm), (2) - Margaret Jane Hall and daughter Sarah (100 mm x 60 mm), (3) - Eliza Hall, eldest daughter of John and Margaret Hall (100 mm x 60 mm), (4) - Margaret Jane Hall, nee Baird (140 mm x 100 mm), (5) - John Hall (160 mm x 110 mm), and (6) - Second Lieutenant Gerald Stevenson Hall, in uniform (140 mm x 100 mm).

Items 8-13 -- Hall, Baird and Dilworth family death notices and obituaries: (1) - Obituary for Sarah Baird, 1911, (2) - Obituary and death notice for Robert Hall, 1920, (3) - Obituary and death notice for Thomas Henry Hall, 1911, (4) - Obituary and death notice for John Hall, 1909, and (5) - Obituary and death notice for Isabella Dilworth, wife of James Dilworth, 1910.

Item 14 -- Newspaper article entitled 'Sold! Old Clevedon home & farm' regarding the sale of the McNicol Estate to Manukau City councillor, Bernie Ross. [Source: Unknown]

Folder 3:

Item 1 -- Letter from Helen Baird to Mrs Baird, [1892]. (holograph; 1 leaf, folded; 3 written sides)

Item 2 -- Letter from Helen Baird, Fairview, Otahuhu, to Mrs Baird, dated 12 July 1894. (holograph; 1 leaf, folded; 4 written sides)

Item 3 -- Letter from Mina Baird, Ballyowen, [Ireland], to her cousin, dated 19 September 1889. (holograph; 1 leaf, folded; 4 written sides)

Item 4 -- Letter from M. Baird, Ballyowen, [Ireland], to Mrs Baird, dated 8 February [1894]. (holograph; 2 leaves, folded; 8 written sides)

Item 5 -- Letter from M. Baird, Ballyowen, [Ireland], to Mrs Baird, dated 24 November [1892]. (holograph; 1 leaf, folded; 4 written sides)

Item 6 -- Copy of a letter from Samuel Christie Baird, Fairview, Otahuhu, to his cousin, Mina Baird, of Ballyowen, Londonderry, Ireland, dated 30 November 1889. (holograph; 1 leaf, folded; 4 written sides)

Item 7 -- Character reference from Henry Casson, Presbyterian Minister, of the parish of Glendermot, regarding Margaret Jane Baird, dated 24 January 1850. ((holograph; 1 leaf)

Item 8 -- Newspaper article regarding the 75th anniversary of the establishment of St. John's Presbyterian Church, Papatoetoe, Auckland. [Source: "The New Zealand Herald", 20 August 1929]

Item 9 -- Baird family tree (incomplete), 1795 - 1926. (holograph; 1 leaf)

Item 10 -- Summary of Baird family correspondence, 1853 - 1867. (holograph; 1 leaf)

Item 11 -- Receipt from Henry H. Willis & Co. regarding the payment of one hundred and five British Pounds Stirling for passage aboard the ship 'Fairy Queen' for Thomas Baird, his second wife, son and two daughters, Sarah and Margaret Jane Baird, from London, England, to Auckland New Zealand, dated 4 February 1850. Printed portion of receipt contains a plan of the ship's accommodations, weekly dietary allowances and ships' regulations.

Item 12 -- Copy of the will of Samuel Christie Baird, of Fairview, Otahuhu, dated 13 March 1891. (typescript; 5 leaves)

Items 13-16 -- Copies of documents and statements compiled in 1969 by John Kenneth Stevenson Hall, Barrister and Solicitor, of Auckland, regarding titles to Baird family land in Manurewa. (10 leaves total)

Items 17 and 18 -- Baird family photographs: (1) - Samuel Christie Baird, seated (100 mm x 60 mm), and (2) - William James Baird, M.D., R.N. (100 mm x 60 mm).

Item 19 -- Newspaper obituary regarding the death of William James Baird, M.D., R.N. [Source: "The Derry Standard", 29 March 1907]

Outsized Folder -- Letter from John Hall, Belfast, [Ireland], to his father Thomas Hall, Mount Prospect, Moira, dated 16 June 1841. (holograph; 1 leaf, folded; 2 written sides) [BADLY DAMAGED]