Correspondence, 04 July 1850-20 December 1868

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Correspondence to William Mortimer Baines in New Zealand. (233 letters).

Subjects include: Purchase of land and agricultural equipment; destruction of Baines' mill by flood; finances including bills, money transfers, rental properties; construction of church; family news; tree harvesting and timber orders; livestock; working and expenses of mill; purchasing a post office order; tools and equipment required for farm work; friends living and moving from diggings; social news; frequency of shipping; underground mining and bills on goldfields; clothing and provisions; voyage to England; sale of piano.

Correspondents include: Lord Bishop of New Zealand, Daniel Lynch, C.J. Abraham, Hewley M. Baines, Mary Baines, G.B. Owen, Edward Kinloch, G. Charon, P.V. Dixon, W.V. Hunter, J. Dixon, M.V. Baines, W.P. Fooks, A. Boardman (Provincial Council Chambers, Auckland), E.T. Dixon, Henry Crawford, J.W. Dixon, M.R. Seccombe (Bank of New Zealand), M.H. Williams, Elizabeth Dixon, Mary Anne Dixon, C.H. Cornforth, R. Hunter and W.G. Clark.

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