A promising start : Dudley Sinclair and New Zealand's first settlers

AM Publishing

2018?

9780995100046

English

Bib record

MS-51-216A-4 Agreement - Dudley Sinclair and Brown and Campbell, O'Connell Street, Auckland.
RF60 Jackson, Russell, Tunks and West [Law firm]; Notes from the law firm 'Jackson, Russell, Tunks and West' regarding Dudley Sinclair, mid 19th century.

Introduction -- A miserable existence -- The Sinclairs of Ulbster -- A new colony begins -- Optimism and enthusiasm -- New Ventures await -- Starting up again -- A change in direction -- Exploration of the South Island -- An exchange of letters -- The Clendon and Fitzgerald jobs -- Australia, China and Manila -- An act of savagery -- A 'fearful catastrophe' -- The rise and fall of Dudley's friends -- Posessions and probate -- Hope and dreams -- Appendices: 1. The provisional constitution -- 2. Original one-acre sections -- 3. Letter from Dudley Sinclair to Lord Stanley -- 4. Statement of payments to natives of Nelson -- 5. William Molesworth's letters to Governor FitzRoy -- 6. Ralph William Lyonel Tollemache -- 7. Probate inventory and accounts of Dudley Sinclair -- 8. Auctions of Dudley Sinclair's estates

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