Scope and Contents Photocopies of papers written by David Holmes and others, relating to the history of the Chatham Islands. Includes S. Deighton's A Moriori vocabulary (1889), H.D. Skinner's The Morioris of Chatham Islands (1923), Captain W.E. Thomas's Census of Moriori and Māori with rules for the administration of justice (1864), William Bauche's Morioris of the Chathams (1922), Ernst Dieffenbach's An account of the Chatham Islands (1840), Alexander Shand's The occupation of the Chatham Islands...

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The papers of William Esdaile Thomas includes photocopies of original letter books featuring the official outward correspondence of W.E. Thomas in his role as Resident Magistrate, Chatham Islands, 1863-1868.