| Description | Waimate 1833; Kaitaia 1834-1876: Includes: /1-56 Letters 1831, 1833-46, 1848, 1850, 1852, 1854, 1865-69, 1871-72, 1876;
/1 Written from Rio de Janeiro describing voyage including plotting of mutiny by the convicts 1831;
/7 Includes reference to Captain FitzRoy, the 'Beagle' and the mission to Tierra del Fuego [Richard Matthews served on the 'Beagle'] 1835;
/25 Includes journal extracts Jul - Aug 1840;
/26 Includes account of missionary gift day 1841;
/27 Lists customs and beliefs of Maoris 1841;
/28 Describes Maori ceremony of infant baptism [incomplete letter: second sheet describing ceremony of adult baptism not found 1981] 1841;
/57-65 Journals: 1845 Oct - Dec; 1846 Jan - Oct; 1847 Oct - Dec; 1848 Jan - Apr; 1849 Jan - Dec; 1850 Jan - Dec; 1851 Jan; 1852 Jan - Dec [pp.1-8 missing]; 1853 Jan; 1854 Jan - Mar [pp.29-36 only]; 1873 Jun - Aug (100pp.) [pp.89-92 missing, p.100 possibly not the last];
/66-93 Reports jointly signed by Matthews and William Gilbert Puckey 1834-37, 1839-43, 1845-47, 1849-55, 1859-61, 1863-64, 1867;
/78 Includes return of houses and lands at Kaitaia 1846;
/94-111 Annual letters for 1856-57, 1859-64, 1866-67, 1871-79 [signed by Matthews and Puckey] |