Correspondence from William Hobson to George Gipps, January 1840

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Correspondence from William Hobson to George Gipps, January 1840

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On 10 January 1840, while William Hobson was delayed in Sydney, he received a group of concerned claimants to New Zealand land. As Claudia Orange notes, “Hobson’s arrival brought to the fore the question of land purchases… leading Sydney settlers and businessmen were laying claim to purchases which embraced almost all of the South Island and par...

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Waitangi / Waitangi 175 / Treaty of Waitangi / Tiriti O Waitangi / William Hobson / Archives New Zealand / Archives / New Zealand / New Zealand History

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