James Coates papers, mainly official, ca. 14 August 1839-31 December 1846, together with some papers concerning E. G. Wakefield, October 1842-9 April 1855

DLMSQ 655
DLMSQ 656

fonds

1839-1855

942509

2 volumes in 2 folders - manuscript, typescript - 38 cm.

James Coates, 1815-1854, was born in Jamaica and arrived in New Zealand in July 1841. He was shortly appointed sheriff and clerk to the Legislative Council. Later he was appointed chief clerk in the Colonial Secretary's Office, 1846, clerk to the Auckland Provincial Office, 1853 and clerk to the House of Representatives, 1854

Edward Gibbon Wakefield, 1796-1862, promoter of schemes for systematic colonization and land disposal in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, visited Canada in 1838, 1841-42 and 1843-44 and was elected to the Canadian General Assembly in December 1842. He arrived in New Zealand as a colonist in February 1852 where he was elected to the first New Zealand General Assembly

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -

Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.

Transferred from DLSPENCER 35 and DLSPENCER 36