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MARTIN, S.M.D., New Zealand in a Series of Letters:
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$300 - $400
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$300
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MARTIN, S.M.D.
New Zealand in a Series of Letters:
Containing An Account of the Country, both before and since its occupation by the British Government, with historical remarks on the conduct of the Government, the New Zealand and Manakau Companies.
London: Simmonds & Ward 1845. xii, 379p. 234mm bound in original blind stamped cloth, corners knocked, and spine has wear at hinges and spine ends.
Samuel Martin was a well-educated, highly intelligent, Scottish Highlander, who had little time for most officials. He deplored the absence of representative government in New Zealand, Martin was described by his fellow Scot, John Logan Campbell, as his and William Brown's 'most intimate & only friend…. He is one in a hundred we meet with in these delectable colonies – strictly moral & honest.'
Provenance: Library of T.L. Seddon, with his bookplate.
New Zealand in a Series of Letters:
Containing An Account of the Country, both before and since its occupation by the British Government, with historical remarks on the conduct of the Government, the New Zealand and Manakau Companies.
London: Simmonds & Ward 1845. xii, 379p. 234mm bound in original blind stamped cloth, corners knocked, and spine has wear at hinges and spine ends.
Samuel Martin was a well-educated, highly intelligent, Scottish Highlander, who had little time for most officials. He deplored the absence of representative government in New Zealand, Martin was described by his fellow Scot, John Logan Campbell, as his and William Brown's 'most intimate & only friend…. He is one in a hundred we meet with in these delectable colonies – strictly moral & honest.'
Provenance: Library of T.L. Seddon, with his bookplate.
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