The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847
The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847
The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847
The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847
The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847
The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847
The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847
The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847
The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847

The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847

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The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847 by J Rutherford (Ed).

Publisher: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1940, First Edition.

Good hardcover with no Jacket. Red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, A very good copy with marks to board edges, compression to top of spine, light fading to spine. No inscriptions. Light foxing to pages. 267pp, b/w illustrations (one fold-out, in very good condition).

CONTENTS: PREFACE. 5 INTRODUCTION. Biographical Sketch of Felton Mathew . 13 CHAPTER I. CAPTAIN HOBSON'S MISSION--THE TREATY OF WAITANGI. Mathew's First Journal Letter . 19 CHAPTER II. HOKIANGA AND THE BAY OF ISLANDS. Mathew's Second Journal Letter . 44 CHAPTER III. FIRST VISIT TO THE WAITEMATA. Editorial Note. Mathew's Third Journal Letter . 57 CHAPTER IV. VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND. Mrs. Mathew's Journal. . 82 CHAPTER V. RUSSELL--THE FIRST "CAPITAL." An Editorial Note . 112 CHAPTER VI. SECOND VISIT TO THE WAITEMATA. Mrs. Mathew's Journal (continued). 119 CHAPTER VII. SECOND VISIT TO THE WAITEMATA (concluded). Mathew's Report. 157 CHAPTER VIII. THE FOUNDING OF AUCKLAND. Editorial Note. Mrs. Mathew's Journal (concluded). 177 CHAPTER IX. LIFE IN AUCKLAND IN THE EARLY 'FORTIES. From Mrs. Mathew's Autobiography (1873) . 200 [Image of page 8] Contents. --Continued. CHAPTER X. THE STATE OF NEW ZEALAND-NATIVE TROUBLES. Two Reviews by Mathew, 1845 and 1847 .213 CHAPTER XI. SURVEY WORK--END OF A CAREER. Mathew's Letter-Book Mrs. Mathew's Autobiography (concluded).245

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The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847
The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847
The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847
The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847
The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847
The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847
The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife 1840-1847
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