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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/B/OMS/C N O50/1-42
TitleHamlin, Rev. James
Extent42 docs.
Date1845-1863
DescriptionWairoa 1846-1848; Auckland 1849; Wairoa, Hawkes Bay 1850-1857; Auckland 1858-1862; Wairoa 1863; Waipuna 1865: Includes: /1-23 Letters 1849, 1851-58, 1862-63, 1865;
/2 Includes remarks on state of Maoris, also church buildings and high church practices 1851;
/4 Includes account of 'papahurihiaism' (a religion of spirits) and prophetess
Tangaroa; also journal extracts for Nov 1852 - Jan 1853, 1853;
/5-6 gives account of life as CMS missionary 1825-1854 and claims for losses (with [/6] accompanying accounts for allowances 1833-52 listed by headquarters staff) 1854;
/8 Includes journal extracts Mar - Sep 1854;
/9-10 Enclosed correspondence to resident magistrate at Napier, Alfred Dornett, concerning grog shop opened at Wairoa by Joseph Carrol 1854;
/13 Includes journal extracts Jan - Oct 1856;
/15 Includes copy of letter from bishop of New Zealand Feb 1856;
/18 Gives account of wife's death 1858;
/21 Relating to King movement including reference to William Thompson 1863;
/24-30 Reports 1850-52, 1855, 1858-59, 1863;
/31-42 Journals: Jan 1845 - Aug 1850; 1853 Feb - 1 May; 1854 Sep - Dec; 1855 1 Jan
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