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Registration	Family Name	Given Name(s)	Born (approx.)	Age at Death (approx.)
1888/2793	Revans	Samuel	1808	80Y	Order Product
1917/10640	Revans	Samuel Stebbings	1838	79Y	Order Product

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Name	Birth	Death	Died at	Gender	Nationality
Samuel Revans	1807/1808?	14 July 1888	Greytown	Male	New Zealander

NameSamuel Revans Birth1807/1808? Death14 July 1888 Died atGreytown GenderMale NationalityNew Zealander

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Surname	Forename	Address	Event Place	Date
REVANS	Samuel	Wairarapa, Wellington	Otago	19 Feb 1864

SurnameREVANS ForenameSamuel AddressWairarapa, Wellington Event PlaceOtago Date19 Feb 1864

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Early NZ Settlers 1840-45
Indemnity Wellington 1842 REVAN Samuel Adelaide Wellington 1840 REVELL . William Bryan New Plymouth 1840 REVELL F. W. . Auckland 1843 REYNOLDS George Jane Wellington 1841 RHODES
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Electoral Roll1865Por
Takirau Rawiri Hikikiwi Revans Samuel Robinson Francis Rossiter William Read John Rhodes Thomas Robinson John Rota Te Karanga Read Micaiah Rhodes William Barnard Robinson Joseph
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List of Persons qualified to serve as Jurors for the District of Port Nicholson...
Wade's Town Labourer Revans Samuel Tinakori Rd Merchant Reynolds George Boulcott St Cabinet maker Reilly James Thorndon Flat Shoemaker Rhodes William Barnard Te Aro Merchant
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Jury1848Q-Z
Wade's Town Labourer Revans Samuel Wellington Merchant Rey Thomas Willis St Carter Reynolds George Boulcott St Cabinet maker Rhodes William Barnard Te Aro Merchant Rhodes Joseph
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Magistrates 1866
Johnston Renall Alfred Revans Samuel Rhodes William Barnard Robinson Francis Rolleston W Rooks Charles Cecil Russell Robert Schultze Charles William Sharpe Charles Smith John
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Renwick Thomas Nelson Revans Samuel Wairarapa Wellington Revell William Horton Gremouth Canterbury Reynolds William Hunter Dunedin Rhodes Joseph Napier Rhodes Robert Heaton
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ElectoralRol1857K-P
Dickson St Carpenter Revans Samuel Wairarapa Stockholder Reynolds Thomas Wellington Tce Carpenter Rhodes William Bernard Manners St Merchant Richard James Boulcott St Plasterer
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Elect1855 Q-Z
Dickson St Carpenter Revans Samuel Wairarapa Stockholder Reynolds Thomas Wellington Tce Carpenter Rhodes William Barnard Manners St Merchant Richards James Boulcott St Plasterer
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Adelaide
Reid James 39 Revans Samuel Riddiford Amelia Riddiford Daniel 25 Harriot 25 Ellen Born at sea Ruther (Rutter) Samuel 20 St. Hill Henry Wife Smith Mrs William Mein Husband
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JP1868M-Z
Renwick Thomas Nelson Revans Samuel Wairarapa Revell William Horton Gerymouth Reynolds William Hunter Dunedin Rhodes Joseph Clive, Hawke's Bay Rhodes Robert Heaton Christchurch
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Elect1854Q-Z
Tinakori Rd Labourer Revans Samuel Wairarapa Stockholder Rhodes William Barnard Manners St Merchant Richards James Boulcott St Plasterer Richardson George Willis St Builder
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TitleClient files - Redhawk Dairy Ltd-Riddiford Estate SummaryMS-Papers-1347-3/2/100. Client files - Redhawk Dairy Ltd-Riddiford Estate. 1858-1923, 1965. Levin & Company Ltd : Records (MS-Group-1085). [Item]

TitleQuality Packers Ltd :Famous New Zealanders; the making of a friendly land 1150-1907 [1960-1970s]. SummaryEph-A-PICTURE-CARDS-Choysa-1970s-01. Quality Packers Ltd :Famous New Zealanders; the making of a friendly land 1150-1907 [1960-1970s].. [Item]

TitleRevans family : Papers SummaryMS-Papers-2007. Revans family : Papers. 1837-1947. [Item]

TitleRevans, Samuel 1808-1888 : Copies of letters from Samuel Revans, principally to H S Chapman dated at sea and at Wellington SummaryqMS-1687-1689. Revans, Samuel 1808-1888 : Copies of letters from Samuel Revans, principally to H S Chapman dated at sea and at Wellington. 20 Sep 1839-1 Sep 1842. [Collection]

TitleCopies of letters from Samuel Revans Vol 1 SummaryqMS-1687. Copies of letters from Samuel Revans Vol 1. Sep 1839-May 1841. Revans, Samuel 1808-1888 : Copies of letters from Samuel Revans, principally to H S Chapman dated at sea and at Wellington (qMS-1687-1689). [Item]

TitleIndex to Copies of letters from Samuel Revans / compiled by Glen W Macmorran SummaryqMS-1689. Index to Copies of letters from Samuel Revans / compiled by Glen W Macmorran. 1943. Revans, Samuel 1808-1888 : Copies of letters from Samuel Revans, principally to H S Chapman dated at sea and at Wellington (qMS-1687-1689). [Item]

TitleRevans, Samuel Stebbing, fl 1858-1871 : Letters from Samuel Revans / transcribed by Struan Robertson SummaryMSX-2611. Revans, Samuel Stebbing, fl 1858-1871 : Letters from Samuel Revans / transcribed by Struan Robertson. 1858-1871. [Item]

TitleInward correspondence - William Rea, Samuel Revans, W B Rhodes SummaryMS-Papers-0083-364. Inward correspondence - William Rea, Samuel Revans, W B Rhodes. 1860-1868. Mantell family : Papers (MS-Group-0305). [Item]

TitleGrand reform banquet. Demonstration in favour of the immediate establishment of representative institutions in this colony, to be held at the Britannia Saloon, on Thursday, the 1st March, 1849. SummaryEph-C-POLITICS-1849-01. Grand reform banquet. Demonstration in favour of the immediate establishment of representative institutions in this colony, to be held at the Britannia Saloon, on Thursday, the 1st March, 1849.. [Item] Thumbnail

TitleInterview with Mita Carter SummaryOHInt-0005/07. Interview with Mita Carter. 20 Jan 1982. NZOHA Martinborough Project (OHColl-0005). [Interview/Event]

TitleSamuel Revans Summary1/2-038720-F. Samuel Revans. [ca 1860]. Reed, A H and A W :Photographs, negatives and printed material (PAColl-0286). [Item] Thumbnail

TitleInward correspondence - Personal : Samuel Revans SummaryMS-Papers-0053-09. Inward correspondence - Personal : Samuel Revans. 1839-1865. Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers (ATL-Group-00840). [Item]

TitleCopies from McGill University - Inward letters SummaryMS-Papers-8670-004. Copies from McGill University - Inward letters. 1832-1842. Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers (ATL-Group-00840). [Item]

TitleCopies from McGill University - Inward letters SummaryMS-Papers-8670-005. Copies from McGill University - Inward letters. 1837-1857. Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers (ATL-Group-00840). [Item]

TitleSamuel Revans and J S Mill - Transcripts of letters SummaryMS-Papers-8670-201. Samuel Revans and J S Mill - Transcripts of letters. 1841-1842, 1856-1864. Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers (ATL-Group-00840). [Item]

TitleSamuel Revans - Transcripts of letters SummaryMS-Papers-8670-200. Samuel Revans - Transcripts of letters. 1840-1841. Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers (ATL-Group-00840). [Item]

TitleCopies of letters from Samuel Revans Vol 2 SummaryqMS-1688. Copies of letters from Samuel Revans Vol 2. May 1841-Jan 1865. Revans, Samuel 1808-1888 : Copies of letters from Samuel Revans, principally to H S Chapman dated at sea and at Wellington (qMS-1687-1689). [Item]

TitleNew Zealand Company: Letter from steerage passengers on the Bengal Merchant to Samuel Revans SummaryfMS-Papers-12194. New Zealand Company: Letter from steerage passengers on the Bengal Merchant to Samuel Revans. 14 March 1840. [Item] Thumbnail

TitleInward letters - Surnames, Ren - Rha SummaryMS-Papers-0032-0526. Inward letters - Surnames, Ren - Rha. 1853-1876, n d. McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers (MS-Group-1551). [Item] Thumbnail

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	Samuel Revans	Samuel Revans, taken by an unidentified photographer circa 1860. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).	Not specified	TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
	Samuel Revans			Picture Wairarapa / Wairarapa Archive
	Samuel Revans			Wikipedia / Wikipedia
	Samuel Revans prints first newspaper	The first newspapers published in New Zealand were printed by Samuel Revans a month after he arrived in Port Nicholson (Wellington).		NZHistory / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
	Easter & Wallis fl 1872-1878 : Portrait of Samuel Stebbing Revans	Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).	Easter & Wallis (Firm)	TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
	Fig. 275.—Thomas Wilmor McKenzie, Esq. Arrived in the “Adelaide,” 1840, and was associated with Mr. Samuel Revans in the first newspaper published in Wellington	Early Wellington - Newspapers - Fig. 275.—Thomas Wilmor McKenzie, Esq. Arrived in the “Adelaide,” 1840, and was associated with Mr. Samuel Revans in the first newspaper published in Wellington.	Louis E. Ward	New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington
	New Zealand Company: Letter from steerage passengers on the Bengal Merchant to Samuel Revans	Holograph manuscript letter signed by six individuals on behalf of 29 named steerage passengers on the 'Bengal Merchant' dated Port Nicholson, 14 March 1840, addressed to Samuel Revans, Secretary of the New Zealand Company at Port Nicholson. The letter is signed by John Turner, James Wilson, Thomas Richie Simson, James Cullen, Peter Brown, and Peter Dorreen Senior. The letter outlines shortcomings of service and provisions on board during the voyage to New Zealand, with details of rations - both quantity and quality - received. The letter is addressed: "Samuel Ravens Esq. \| Secretary to the New Zealand \| Land Coy \| Port Nicholson" The letter reads: "Port Nicholson 14th March 1840 Sir We the undersigned Steerage passengers per Bengal Merchant Ship, feel it our duty to inform you of the following deficiencies of our rations which have been kept back from us by the Superintendant [sic] Captain and others of the said Ship. And when reference was made to the Commitee [sic] regarding our rations beign [sic] kept back they got nothing but abuse for so interfering of which we refer you to the Gentlemen themselves. Beef and Pork considerably above one third Rice - - - D[itt]o - - - [and Pork considerably above one third] Oat Meal & Flour D[itt]o [considerably above] one third (The above deficiency was only to the 6th of Jan[uar]y 1840) Coffee one third during the whole Voyage Mustard we had three weeks allowance altogether Pickles - - [we had] Six weeks [allowance altogether] Suet - - [we had] Six weeks [allowance altogether] One Cwt. Bag of Biscuit was served us every Second day until they became so Bad that we had two bags Bags [sic] which we had to pick the best off the refuse was sent Back which was about the one half and this sort would serve us three days. The allowance of biscuit the Eleven Messes should have got each day was 96 lb so that we did not consume near two thirds of them 1 James Lansdale 2 David Galloway 3 Andrew McEwen 4 David McEwen 5 James Riddle 6 David Dick 7 William Brash 8 John Turner 9 Adam Brown 10 William Tannahill 11 James Turner 12 David Reid 13 John McBeth 14 Alexander Yule 15 John McLaggan 16 Mathew Cook Senr. 17 William Cook 18 Mathew Cook Junr. 19 Thomas Dorrain 20 Thomas Pollock 21 Peter Dorrain 22 John Bryce 23 Samuel Burnet 24 George McLatchie 25 Malco[l]m Brown 26 W[illia]m Golder 27 Hendry Scullers 28 John McGeachy 29 William Leckie Samuel Wilson T[homas] R[ichie] Simson James Cullen John Turner Peter Brown Peter Dorreen Senr." Note this was first published as a digital facsimile copy (showing both recto and verso) illustrating a blogpost with the title 'Message in a bottle' by Dr Barbara van Benthem (See http://autographen.blogspot.co.nz/2016/06/message-in-bottle.html). Additional orthographic details for passenger names taken from passenger list published in Louis E Ward, 'Early Wellington', Auckland: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1928. The 'Bengal Merchant' was the first emigrant ship to leave Scotland for New Zealand chartered by the New Zealand Company, under the command of Captain John Hemery (1813-1881), the ship left Glasgow on 30 October 1839 and arrived at Port Nicholson on 20 February 1840. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 1 manuscript letter. Physical Description: Holograph letter, ink and pencil on single folded leaf of "London Superfine" paper (bifolium), 23.1 x 37.7 cm. Provenance: Douglas Stewart Fine Books Ltd purchased this manuscript from Eberhard Köstler of Tutzing, Germany, in 2016.	New Zealand Company	TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
	Inward letters - Surnames, Ren - Rha	Correspondents: Courtenay Renny, Picton, 1869 (1 letter); F C Retter, 1871 (1 letter); Samuel Revans, Wellington, Woodside & Huangarua, 1853-1872 (4 letters); Henry H Reynolds, Alexandra, 1876 (2 letters); William H Reynolds, Dunedin & Wellington, 1876 & undated (8 letters); Matilda Rhatigan, Patea, 1876, & undated (2 letters & photograph of Resident Magistrate's house at Carlyle). Quantity: 1 folder(s).	Not specified	TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
	Book of the week: Charlotte Grimshaw on a brilliant portrait of small, fat Katherine Mansfield	Charlotte Grimshaw reviews A Strange Beautiful Excitement, Redmer Yska's superb telling of Katherine Mansfield's childhood and teenage years in Wellington. Samuel Revans, who died in 1888, the year Katherine Mansfield was born, was an enthusiastic promoter for the New...	Charlotte Grimshaw	The Spinoff / The Spinoff
	First Newspaper - Early Wellington	The “New Zealand Gazette,” second number, was published by Samuel Revans for the first time at Britannia (Pito-one) on the 18th April, 1840. Hereunder are some of the items. “We, the undersigned, intending to inhabit the New Zealand Land Company's first and principal settlement, with the view to provide for the peace and order thereof, do hereby...	Louis E. Ward	New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington
	[section] - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]	The first paper published in the Colony was called the New Zealand Gazette. It was the property of the New Zealand Company, and was under the editorship of Mr. Samuel Revans. That gentleman came to the Colony as secretary of the Executive Committee of the Company, which was nominated to control the inception of the settlement. He arrived in Wel...	Cyclopedia Company Limited	New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington
	[obituary] - Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 2	Intelligence reached us on Saturday (14th July) of the death at Greytown of Mr Samuel Revans, the oldest journalist in the colony, and also, there is reason to believe, the oldest newspaper writer in Australasia, for Mr Revans, who died last week at the age of 80 years, was the editor of a newspaper in Canada some years before he attained his 30...		New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington
	Grand reform banquet. Demonstration in favour of the immediate establishment of representative institutions in this colony, to be held at the Britannia Saloon, on Thursday, the 1st March, 1849.	Chairman John Dorset. Vice Chairmen listed: Major Baker, J.P; Kenneth Bethune, Esq.; J Boddington, esq.; Captain E Daniell, J.P.; J. Johnston, esq.; James Kelham, esq., J.P.; William Lyon, esq.; A. M'Donald, esq., J.P.; Samuel Revans, esq.; W.B. Rhodes, esq. Stewards: Messrs: A. de B. Brandon, F. Bradey, Richard Barton, William Dorset, J.E. Feat...	National Library NZ on The Commons	Alexander Turnbull Library Flickr / Alexander Turnbull Library
	New Zealand's Earliest Journalist. — The Late Mr Samuel Bevans. — (Evening Post.) - Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 2	Intelligence reached us on Saturday (14th July) of the death at Greytown of Mr Samuel Revans, the oldest journalist in the colony, and also, there is reason to believe, the oldest newspaper writer in Australasia, for Mr Revans, who died last week at the age of 80 years, was the editor of a newspaper in Canada some years before he attained his 30...		New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington
	Abbotsford Station: Conveyance	Conveyance from Maori owners to James Gilligan of 'Abbotsford', Tauweru.		Picture Wairarapa / Wairarapa Archive
	Grand reform banquet. Demonstration in favour of the immediate establishment of representative institutions in this colony, to be held at the Britannia Saloon, on Thursday, the 1st March, 1849.	Chairman John Dorset. Vice Chairmen listed: Major Baker, J.P; Kenneth Bethune, Esq.; J Boddington, esq.; Captain E Daniell, J.P.; J. Johnston, esq.; James Kelham, esq., J.P.; William Lyon, esq.; A. M'Donald, esq., J.P.; Samuel Revans, esq.; W.B. Rhodes, esq. Stewards: Messrs: A. de B. Brandon, F. Bradey, Richard Barton, William Dorset, J.E. Featherston M.D., William Fox J.P., Major Hornbrook, W.S.Loxley, D.M. Laurie, J. Marriott, John M'Beth, Thomas M'Kenzie, Robert Park, E. Roe, George Rhodes, Joseph Rhodes, David Scott, George Scott, James Smith, J. Varnham, W.E. Vincent, R. Waitt, John Wallace, J.h. Wallace, George Waters, Thomas Waters, John Wade, F.A. Weld. Signed by the secretary, W.E. Vincent. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Wellington, February 23, 1849; Recto - bottom right - Printed at the "Independent" office, Lambton Quay. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on paper, 460 x 288 mm. Provenance: Originally part of the Wallace papers.	Wellington independent (Newspaper)	TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
	Programme of sports, Wellington, New Zealand, January 22, 1845. Anniversary fete; ... sailing match [etc. 1845]	A flyer listing the events at a sports day for Wellington Anniversary Day, 22 January 1845: Anniversary fete (listing committee members Barnes, Jenkins, Watt, Sea, Bannaytine, Hickson, Ludlam, Rhodes, Wade, R Baker, Mathieson, Sutton, Petre, G Young, Clifford, G Moore, R Davis, Alzdorf, Couper, Suistead, Fuller, A Hort, Dorset) Sailing match by boats under 30 feet keel - boats belonging to Mr Houghton, Mr Foster, Mr Watt Whaleboat race Hurdle race: requiring a minimum of three horses: owners included Mr Hunter, Colonel Wakefield, Mr Ludlam, Mr Suistead Hack race - including horses entered by Mr G Taylor, Mr Sutton, Mr Bannister, Mr Wade, Mr Revan, Mr Dorset, Mr Rhodes Rural sports: jumping in sacks, donkey race, etc. On the following days, further events were to be held: races for beaten horses, and Mr Jenkins' foot race There are two block print illustrations: at top left two horses competing in a galloping race; a sailing ship Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 250 x 185 mm.	Not specified	TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
	Outward drafts and fragments	Names of identified correspondents entered in Name Field. Includes a list `Mr MacLean's books', Ahuriri, 12 Nov 1853; lists of McLean's movements for the years 1854, 1855 & 1856 Quantity: 1 folder(s).	Not specified	TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
	The New Zealand gazette.			National Library of New Zealand Catalogue / National Library of New Zealand

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ArticleSamuel Revans DescriptionSamuel Revans, taken by an unidentified photographer circa 1860. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). AuthorNot specified SourceTAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library

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ArticleSamuel Revans SourcePicture Wairarapa / Wairarapa Archive

ArticleSamuel Revans SourceWikipedia / Wikipedia

ArticleSamuel Revans prints first newspaper DescriptionThe first newspapers published in New Zealand were printed by Samuel Revans a month after he arrived in Port Nicholson (Wellington). SourceNZHistory / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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ArticleEaster & Wallis fl 1872-1878 : Portrait of Samuel Stebbing Revans DescriptionQuantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). AuthorEaster & Wallis (Firm) SourceTAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library

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ArticleFig. 275.—Thomas Wilmor McKenzie, Esq. Arrived in the “Adelaide,” 1840, and was associated with Mr. Samuel Revans in the first newspaper published in Wellington DescriptionEarly Wellington - Newspapers - Fig. 275.—Thomas Wilmor McKenzie, Esq. Arrived in the “Adelaide,” 1840, and was associated with Mr. Samuel Revans in the first newspaper published in Wellington. AuthorLouis E. Ward SourceNew Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington

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ArticleNew Zealand Company: Letter from steerage passengers on the Bengal Merchant to Samuel Revans DescriptionHolograph manuscript letter signed by six individuals on behalf of 29 named steerage passengers on the 'Bengal Merchant' dated Port Nicholson, 14 March 1840, addressed to Samuel Revans, Secretary of the New Zealand Company at Port Nicholson. The letter is signed by John Turner, James Wilson, Thomas Richie Simson, James Cullen, Peter Brown, and Peter Dorreen Senior. The letter outlines shortcomings of service and provisions on board during the voyage to New Zealand, with details of rations - both quantity and quality - received. The letter is addressed: "Samuel Ravens Esq. | Secretary to the New Zealand | Land Coy | Port Nicholson" The letter reads: "Port Nicholson 14th March 1840 Sir We the undersigned Steerage passengers per Bengal Merchant Ship, feel it our duty to inform you of the following deficiencies of our rations which have been kept back from us by the Superintendant [sic] Captain and others of the said Ship. And when reference was made to the Commitee [sic] regarding our rations beign [sic] kept back they got nothing but abuse for so interfering of which we refer you to the Gentlemen themselves. Beef and Pork considerably above one third Rice - - - D[itt]o - - - [and Pork considerably above one third] Oat Meal & Flour D[itt]o [considerably above] one third (The above deficiency was only to the 6th of Jan[uar]y 1840) Coffee one third during the whole Voyage Mustard we had three weeks allowance altogether Pickles - - [we had] Six weeks [allowance altogether] Suet - - [we had] Six weeks [allowance altogether] One Cwt. Bag of Biscuit was served us every Second day until they became so Bad that we had two bags Bags [sic] which we had to pick the best off the refuse was sent Back which was about the one half and this sort would serve us three days. The allowance of biscuit the Eleven Messes should have got each day was 96 lb so that we did not consume near two thirds of them 1 James Lansdale 2 David Galloway 3 Andrew McEwen 4 David McEwen 5 James Riddle 6 David Dick 7 William Brash 8 John Turner 9 Adam Brown 10 William Tannahill 11 James Turner 12 David Reid 13 John McBeth 14 Alexander Yule 15 John McLaggan 16 Mathew Cook Senr. 17 William Cook 18 Mathew Cook Junr. 19 Thomas Dorrain 20 Thomas Pollock 21 Peter Dorrain 22 John Bryce 23 Samuel Burnet 24 George McLatchie 25 Malco[l]m Brown 26 W[illia]m Golder 27 Hendry Scullers 28 John McGeachy 29 William Leckie Samuel Wilson T[homas] R[ichie] Simson James Cullen John Turner Peter Brown Peter Dorreen Senr." Note this was first published as a digital facsimile copy (showing both recto and verso) illustrating a blogpost with the title 'Message in a bottle' by Dr Barbara van Benthem (See http://autographen.blogspot.co.nz/2016/06/message-in-bottle.html). Additional orthographic details for passenger names taken from passenger list published in Louis E Ward, 'Early Wellington', Auckland: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1928. The 'Bengal Merchant' was the first emigrant ship to leave Scotland for New Zealand chartered by the New Zealand Company, under the command of Captain John Hemery (1813-1881), the ship left Glasgow on 30 October 1839 and arrived at Port Nicholson on 20 February 1840. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 1 manuscript letter. Physical Description: Holograph letter, ink and pencil on single folded leaf of "London Superfine" paper (bifolium), 23.1 x 37.7 cm. Provenance: Douglas Stewart Fine Books Ltd purchased this manuscript from Eberhard Köstler of Tutzing, Germany, in 2016. AuthorNew Zealand Company SourceTAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library

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ArticleInward letters - Surnames, Ren - Rha DescriptionCorrespondents: Courtenay Renny, Picton, 1869 (1 letter); F C Retter, 1871 (1 letter); Samuel Revans, Wellington, Woodside & Huangarua, 1853-1872 (4 letters); Henry H Reynolds, Alexandra, 1876 (2 letters); William H Reynolds, Dunedin & Wellington, 1876 & undated (8 letters); Matilda Rhatigan, Patea, 1876, & undated (2 letters & photograph of Resident Magistrate's house at Carlyle). Quantity: 1 folder(s). AuthorNot specified SourceTAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library

ArticleBook of the week: Charlotte Grimshaw on a brilliant portrait of small, fat Katherine Mansfield DescriptionCharlotte Grimshaw reviews A Strange Beautiful Excitement, Redmer Yska's superb telling of Katherine Mansfield's childhood and teenage years in Wellington. Samuel Revans, who died in 1888, the year Katherine Mansfield was born, was an enthusiastic promoter for the New... AuthorCharlotte Grimshaw SourceThe Spinoff / The Spinoff

ArticleFirst Newspaper - Early Wellington DescriptionThe “New Zealand Gazette,” second number, was published by Samuel Revans for the first time at Britannia (Pito-one) on the 18th April, 1840. Hereunder are some of the items. “We, the undersigned, intending to inhabit the New Zealand Land Company's first and principal settlement, with the view to provide for the peace and order thereof, do hereby... AuthorLouis E. Ward SourceNew Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington

Article[section] - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District] DescriptionThe first paper published in the Colony was called the New Zealand Gazette. It was the property of the New Zealand Company, and was under the editorship of Mr. Samuel Revans. That gentleman came to the Colony as secretary of the Executive Committee of the Company, which was nominated to control the inception of the settlement. He arrived in Wel... AuthorCyclopedia Company Limited SourceNew Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington

Article[obituary] - Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 2 DescriptionIntelligence reached us on Saturday (14th July) of the death at Greytown of Mr Samuel Revans, the oldest journalist in the colony, and also, there is reason to believe, the oldest newspaper writer in Australasia, for Mr Revans, who died last week at the age of 80 years, was the editor of a newspaper in Canada some years before he attained his 30... SourceNew Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington

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ArticleGrand reform banquet. Demonstration in favour of the immediate establishment of representative institutions in this colony, to be held at the Britannia Saloon, on Thursday, the 1st March, 1849. DescriptionChairman John Dorset. Vice Chairmen listed: Major Baker, J.P; Kenneth Bethune, Esq.; J Boddington, esq.; Captain E Daniell, J.P.; J. Johnston, esq.; James Kelham, esq., J.P.; William Lyon, esq.; A. M'Donald, esq., J.P.; Samuel Revans, esq.; W.B. Rhodes, esq. Stewards: Messrs: A. de B. Brandon, F. Bradey, Richard Barton, William Dorset, J.E. Feat... AuthorNational Library NZ on The Commons SourceAlexander Turnbull Library Flickr / Alexander Turnbull Library

ArticleNew Zealand's Earliest Journalist. — The Late Mr Samuel Bevans. — (Evening Post.) - Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 2 DescriptionIntelligence reached us on Saturday (14th July) of the death at Greytown of Mr Samuel Revans, the oldest journalist in the colony, and also, there is reason to believe, the oldest newspaper writer in Australasia, for Mr Revans, who died last week at the age of 80 years, was the editor of a newspaper in Canada some years before he attained his 30... SourceNew Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington

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ArticleAbbotsford Station: Conveyance DescriptionConveyance from Maori owners to James Gilligan of 'Abbotsford', Tauweru. SourcePicture Wairarapa / Wairarapa Archive

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ArticleGrand reform banquet. Demonstration in favour of the immediate establishment of representative institutions in this colony, to be held at the Britannia Saloon, on Thursday, the 1st March, 1849. DescriptionChairman John Dorset. Vice Chairmen listed: Major Baker, J.P; Kenneth Bethune, Esq.; J Boddington, esq.; Captain E Daniell, J.P.; J. Johnston, esq.; James Kelham, esq., J.P.; William Lyon, esq.; A. M'Donald, esq., J.P.; Samuel Revans, esq.; W.B. Rhodes, esq. Stewards: Messrs: A. de B. Brandon, F. Bradey, Richard Barton, William Dorset, J.E. Featherston M.D., William Fox J.P., Major Hornbrook, W.S.Loxley, D.M. Laurie, J. Marriott, John M'Beth, Thomas M'Kenzie, Robert Park, E. Roe, George Rhodes, Joseph Rhodes, David Scott, George Scott, James Smith, J. Varnham, W.E. Vincent, R. Waitt, John Wallace, J.h. Wallace, George Waters, Thomas Waters, John Wade, F.A. Weld. Signed by the secretary, W.E. Vincent. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Wellington, February 23, 1849; Recto - bottom right - Printed at the "Independent" office, Lambton Quay. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on paper, 460 x 288 mm. Provenance: Originally part of the Wallace papers. AuthorWellington independent (Newspaper) SourceTAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library

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ArticleProgramme of sports, Wellington, New Zealand, January 22, 1845. Anniversary fete; ... sailing match [etc. 1845] DescriptionA flyer listing the events at a sports day for Wellington Anniversary Day, 22 January 1845: Anniversary fete (listing committee members Barnes, Jenkins, Watt, Sea, Bannaytine, Hickson, Ludlam, Rhodes, Wade, R Baker, Mathieson, Sutton, Petre, G Young, Clifford, G Moore, R Davis, Alzdorf, Couper, Suistead, Fuller, A Hort, Dorset) Sailing match by boats under 30 feet keel - boats belonging to Mr Houghton, Mr Foster, Mr Watt Whaleboat race Hurdle race: requiring a minimum of three horses: owners included Mr Hunter, Colonel Wakefield, Mr Ludlam, Mr Suistead Hack race - including horses entered by Mr G Taylor, Mr Sutton, Mr Bannister, Mr Wade, Mr Revan, Mr Dorset, Mr Rhodes Rural sports: jumping in sacks, donkey race, etc. On the following days, further events were to be held: races for beaten horses, and Mr Jenkins' foot race There are two block print illustrations: at top left two horses competing in a galloping race; a sailing ship Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 250 x 185 mm. AuthorNot specified SourceTAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library

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ArticleOutward drafts and fragments DescriptionNames of identified correspondents entered in Name Field. Includes a list `Mr MacLean's books', Ahuriri, 12 Nov 1853; lists of McLean's movements for the years 1854, 1855 & 1856 Quantity: 1 folder(s). AuthorNot specified SourceTAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library

ArticleThe New Zealand gazette. SourceNational Library of New Zealand Catalogue / National Library of New Zealand

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	REVANS, Samuel	In 1966 the first encyclopedia of New Zealand was published in three thick volumes. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand was a critical and publishing success at the time, and has been used as a basic reference work about the country since then. We are proud to make it available online.	McLintock, Alexander Hare Bernard John Foster, M.A., Research Officer, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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	Grand reform banquet poster, 1849	In the 1840s members of the New Zealand settler community voiced their demands for democratic representation and self-government. This poster advertises a 'grand reform banquet' held in Wellington in March 1849. Some of the leading lights of Wellington listed here, including Samuel Revans...	New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga	Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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ArticleREVANS, Samuel DescriptionIn 1966 the first encyclopedia of New Zealand was published in three thick volumes. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand was a critical and publishing success at the time, and has been used as a basic reference work about the country since then. We are proud to make it available online. AuthorMcLintock, Alexander Hare
Bernard John Foster, M.A., Research Officer, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington.
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ArticleSamuel Revans, about 1860 AuthorNew Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga SourceTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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ArticleGrand reform banquet poster, 1849 DescriptionIn the 1840s members of the New Zealand settler community voiced their demands for democratic representation and self-government. This poster advertises a 'grand reform banquet' held in Wellington in March 1849. Some of the leading lights of Wellington listed here, including Samuel Revans... AuthorNew Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga SourceTe Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand / Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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Samuel Revans	1808 🔍	14 Jul 1888 🔍 📰	Greytown Cemetery	Greytown, South Wairarapa District	Wellington

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Justice Department > Inwards letters and registered files

Name	Year(s)	Held At	Access
From: Samuel Revans Esquire, Justice of the Peace, Greytown Date: 11 May 1885 Subject: Resignation of appointment as Justice of the Peace	1885	Wellington	Open
From: Samuel Revans, Greytown Date: 27 August 1872 Subject: Oath of William Henry Welch Haines [This item is part of a larger record. To order this document please use the record number in the Additional Archives Description field below]	1872	Wellington	Open

NameFrom: Samuel Revans Esquire, Justice of the Peace, Greytown Date: 11 May 1885 Subject: Resignation of appointment as Justice of the Peace Year(s)1885 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Samuel Revans, Greytown Date: 27 August 1872 Subject: Oath of William Henry Welch Haines [This item is part of a larger record. To order this document please use the record number in the Additional Archives Description field below] Year(s)1872 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

Department of Internal Affairs, Head Office > Central filing system

Name	Year(s)	Held At	Access
From: Mr Beckham, Chairman ... previous means and requesting to withdraw - ... Mr Taylor and Collector's reply - 1854/2817 ... J Brown and Government Scrip for ... to Resident and Absentee Land owners - ... George Oates and Frederick Alexander Greenwood - ... M Smith and Samuel Revans - 1854/2831 ... Earl Featherston and Robert Douglas Wallace - ...	1854	Wellington	Open
From: Samuel Revans, Wellington Date: 25 May 1842 Subject: respecting payment of printing accounts [This item is part of a larger record. To order this document please use the record number in the Additional Archives Description field below]	1842	Wellington	Open
From: Samuel Revans, Wellington Date: 9 January 1842 Subject: respecting payment of his account for printing, etc. [This item is part of a larger record. To order this document please use the record number in the Additional Archives Description field below]	1842	Wellington	Open
From: Samuel Revans, Wellington Date: 10 October 1842 Subject: complaining of delay in settling printing accounts of County Court, Court of Requests, etc.	1842	Wellington	Open
From: Samuel Revans, Wellington Date: 19 November 1841 Subject: respecting payment of his account for printing, etc. [This item is part of a larger record. To order this document please use the record number in the Additional Archives Description field below]	1841	Wellington	Open
From: David Lewis, Chief Land Commissioner, Wellington Date: 15 August 1857 Subject: For endorsement on Crown Grant to Samuel Revans [This item is part of a larger record. To order this document please use the record number in the Additional Archives Description field below]	1857	Wellington	Open
From: Mich. [Michael] Murphy, Police Office, Port Nicholson To: Lieutenant Governor, Captain Hobson, R.N. [Royal Navy] Date: 4 January 1841	1841	Wellington	Open

NameFrom: Mr Beckham, Chairman ... previous means and requesting to withdraw - ... Mr Taylor and Collector's reply - 1854/2817 ... J Brown and Government Scrip for ... to Resident and Absentee Land owners - ... George Oates and Frederick Alexander Greenwood - ... M Smith and Samuel Revans - 1854/2831 ... Earl Featherston and Robert Douglas Wallace - ... Year(s)1854 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Samuel Revans, Wellington Date: 25 May 1842 Subject: respecting payment of printing accounts [This item is part of a larger record. To order this document please use the record number in the Additional Archives Description field below] Year(s)1842 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Samuel Revans, Wellington Date: 9 January 1842 Subject: respecting payment of his account for printing, etc. [This item is part of a larger record. To order this document please use the record number in the Additional Archives Description field below] Year(s)1842 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Samuel Revans, Wellington Date: 10 October 1842 Subject: complaining of delay in settling printing accounts of County Court, Court of Requests, etc. Year(s)1842 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Samuel Revans, Wellington Date: 19 November 1841 Subject: respecting payment of his account for printing, etc. [This item is part of a larger record. To order this document please use the record number in the Additional Archives Description field below] Year(s)1841 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: David Lewis, Chief Land Commissioner, Wellington Date: 15 August 1857 Subject: For endorsement on Crown Grant to Samuel Revans [This item is part of a larger record. To order this document please use the record number in the Additional Archives Description field below] Year(s)1857 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Mich. [Michael] Murphy, Police Office, Port Nicholson To: Lieutenant Governor, Captain Hobson, R.N. [Royal Navy] Date: 4 January 1841 Year(s)1841 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

Wellington High Court > Wellington probate files (first sequence)

Name	Scan	Year(s)	Held At	Access
REVANS, Samuel	📃 View Scan	1915	Wellington	Open
REVANS Samuel Stebbing [Also known as REVANS Samuel Stebbings]	📃 View Scan	1917	Wellington	Open

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Department of Justice, Head Office > Wellington Land District Deposited Deeds

Name	Year(s)	Held At	Access
[Crown] Grant [No. 7723] to Samuel Revans [Part Section 136, Wellington City]	1902	Wellington	Open
Release & Reconveyance - Nathaniel W. Levin & Charles J. Pharazyn to William M. Smith & Samuel Revans	1873	Wellington	Open
Conveyance - Samuel Revans & John Tully to Oliver W. Clayton	1882	Wellington	Open
Bond - Samuel Revans and John Tully to James Parker	1879	Wellington	Open
Mortgage - Messers [William Mein] Smith & [Samuel] Revans to N.W. [Nathaniel William] Levin [Includes No. 319 Assignment of Mortgage - Nathaniel W. Levin to C.J. Pharazyn, W.H. Levin & W.W. Johnston (Messrs. Levin & Company)]	1873	Wellington	Open
[Crown] Grant [No. 2374] to W.M. [William Mein] Smith & S. [Samuel] Revans [Sections 68-98, Ahiaruke Block, Wairarapa District]	1896	Wellington	Open
Conveyance - William Mein Smith & Samuel Revans to Edward Pearce	1882	Wellington	Open
Conveyance - Samuel Revans & John Tully to Charles J. Pharazyn, William H. Levin & Walter W. Johnston	1890	Wellington	Open
Release & Reconveyance - Levin & Company to Samuel Revans & John Tully	1881	Wellington	Open
Conveyance - Samuel Revans & John Tully to James Parker	1881	Wellington	Open
Conveyance in Trust - ... Mein] Smith and [Samuel] Revans to ... 903, 1086 and Part Section 136, ...	1896	Wellington	Open
Conveyance in Trust - [William Mein] Smith and [Samuel] Revans to J. [John] Bridges [Manager of Bank of NZ, Wellington] [Various Sections, Ahiaruhe and Wharekaka Blocks, Wairarapa District] [Includes No. 2724 Reconveyance - John Bridges, Nathaniel William Levin & Charles Johnson Pharazyn to William Mein Smith & Samuel Revans]	1896	Wellington	Open
Reconveyance - Alfred de Bathe Brandon to Samuel Revans and Samuel Revans & John Tully	1881	Wellington	Open
Conveyance - Samuel Revans, John Tully and N.W. Levin and C.J. Pharazyn, W.W. Johnston & W.H. Levin to George M. Waterhouse	1896	Wellington	Open

Name[Crown] Grant [No. 7723] to Samuel Revans [Part Section 136, Wellington City] Year(s)1902 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameRelease & Reconveyance - Nathaniel W. Levin & Charles J. Pharazyn to William M. Smith & Samuel Revans Year(s)1873 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameConveyance - Samuel Revans & John Tully to Oliver W. Clayton Year(s)1882 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameBond - Samuel Revans and John Tully to James Parker Year(s)1879 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameMortgage - Messers [William Mein] Smith & [Samuel] Revans to N.W. [Nathaniel William] Levin
[Includes No. 319 Assignment of Mortgage - Nathaniel W. Levin to C.J. Pharazyn, W.H. Levin & W.W. Johnston (Messrs. Levin & Company)] Year(s)1873 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

Name[Crown] Grant [No. 2374] to W.M. [William Mein] Smith & S. [Samuel] Revans [Sections 68-98, Ahiaruke Block, Wairarapa District] Year(s)1896 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameConveyance - William Mein Smith & Samuel Revans to Edward Pearce Year(s)1882 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameConveyance - Samuel Revans & John Tully to Charles J. Pharazyn, William H. Levin & Walter W. Johnston Year(s)1890 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameRelease & Reconveyance - Levin & Company to Samuel Revans & John Tully Year(s)1881 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameConveyance - Samuel Revans & John Tully to James Parker Year(s)1881 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameConveyance in Trust - ... Mein] Smith and [Samuel] Revans to ... 903, 1086 and Part Section 136, ... Year(s)1896 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameConveyance in Trust - [William Mein] Smith and [Samuel] Revans to J. [John] Bridges [Manager of Bank of NZ, Wellington] [Various Sections, Ahiaruhe and Wharekaka Blocks, Wairarapa District]
[Includes No. 2724 Reconveyance - John Bridges, Nathaniel William Levin & Charles Johnson Pharazyn to William Mein Smith & Samuel Revans] Year(s)1896 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameReconveyance - Alfred de Bathe Brandon to Samuel Revans and Samuel Revans & John Tully Year(s)1881 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameConveyance - Samuel Revans, John Tully and N.W. Levin and C.J. Pharazyn, W.W. Johnston & W.H. Levin to George M. Waterhouse Year(s)1896 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington District Office > Commissioner of Crown Lands registered files

Name	Year(s)	Held At	Access
From: Samuel Revans, Greytown Date: 4 January 1871 Subject: Referring to certain sinking operations in a reef	1870 ‑ 1871	Wellington	Open
From: Samuel Revans, Wairarapa Date: 23 July 1875 Subject: Authority for William Hutchison to receive grant of one undivided moiety of Town Sections No. 476, No. 477, No. 478 and No. 479 Wanganui	1875	Wellington	Open
From: Daniel Haggarty, Huangarua Date: 7 February 1865 Subject: Authority for Samuel Revans to receive crown grants of Sections Nos. 102, 103 and 106 in the township of Carterton Wairarapa	1865	Wellington	Open
From: Samuel Revans, Huangurua Date: 15 July 1862 Subject: Forwarding authority from John Vile for John Sullivan to receive crown grants and enquiring if Sillivan can become the purchaser of Section No. 90 Carterton	1862	Wellington	Open
From: Samuel Revans, Woodside Date: 22 May 1867 Subject: Requesting a tracing of road from Waiohine to Featherston [and] answer attached and put away with letter	1867	Wellington	Open
From: Samuel Revans, Woodside Date: 7 August 1878 Subject: Enquiring as to his title to certain land scrip - also memo - from Commissioner N.Z. Land Claimants attached	1878	Wellington	Open
From: Samuel Revans, Woodside Date: 11 February 1867 Subject: Relative to a road from his property to the main road	1867	Wellington	Open
From: Clifford and Weld, Wellington Date: 2 June 1862 Subject: Authority for Samuel Revans to receive crown grant for part of Section No. 4 Warekaka Block Wairarapa District	1862	Wellington	Open
From: Samuel Revans, Manager of Bank of New Zealand, Wellington Date: 28 August 1873 Subject: Claiming delivery of a grant for 75 acres in favor of the late Nathaniel Clark	1873	Wellington	Open
From: Samuel Revans, Huangarua Date: 18 May 1865 Subject: Requesting Sections 107 and 108 township of Carterton to be secured to him	1865	Wellington	Open
From: Colonial Secretary, Auckland Date: 31 August 1859 Subject: Returning Samuel Revans' grant with endorsement signed	1857	Wellington	Open
From: Samuel Revans, Huangarua Date: 29 December 1857 Subject: Requesting information as to whether deposit is necessary on old applications in the Wairarapa	1857	Wellington	Open
From: Samuel Revans, Wairarapa Date: 15 August 1867 Subject: Authority for Daniel Haggerty to receive grant for section Nos. 95, 104, 105, 107 and 108 in the Township of Carterton	1867	Wellington	Open
From: Samuel Revans, Wairarapa Date: 15 August 1867 Subject: Authority for Daniel Haggerty to receive grant for section Nos. 102, 103 and 106 in Township of Carterton and withdraw notice relative to them	1867	Wellington	Open
From: Samuel Revans, Woodside Date: 7 October 1867 Subject: Relative to survey of a line of road	1867	Wellington	Open
From: Samuel Revans Date: 15 October 1874 Subject: Authority for A de B Brandon to receive grant for [Sections] No. 41 Moroa and No. 216 Taratahi Plain Blocks, Wairarapa	1874	Wellington	Open

NameFrom: Samuel Revans, Greytown Date: 4 January 1871 Subject: Referring to certain sinking operations in a reef Year(s)1870 ‑ 1871 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Samuel Revans, Wairarapa Date: 23 July 1875 Subject: Authority for William Hutchison to receive grant of one undivided moiety of Town Sections No. 476, No. 477, No. 478 and No. 479 Wanganui Year(s)1875 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Daniel Haggarty, Huangarua Date: 7 February 1865 Subject: Authority for Samuel Revans to receive crown grants of Sections Nos. 102, 103 and 106 in the township of Carterton Wairarapa Year(s)1865 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Samuel Revans, Huangurua Date: 15 July 1862 Subject: Forwarding authority from John Vile for John Sullivan to receive crown grants and enquiring if Sillivan can become the purchaser of Section No. 90 Carterton Year(s)1862 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Samuel Revans, Woodside Date: 22 May 1867 Subject: Requesting a tracing of road from Waiohine to Featherston [and] answer attached and put away with letter Year(s)1867 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Samuel Revans, Woodside Date: 7 August 1878 Subject: Enquiring as to his title to certain land scrip - also memo - from Commissioner N.Z. Land Claimants attached Year(s)1878 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Samuel Revans, Woodside Date: 11 February 1867 Subject: Relative to a road from his property to the main road Year(s)1867 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Clifford and Weld, Wellington Date: 2 June 1862 Subject: Authority for Samuel Revans to receive crown grant for part of Section No. 4 Warekaka Block Wairarapa District Year(s)1862 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Samuel Revans, Manager of Bank of New Zealand, Wellington Date: 28 August 1873 Subject: Claiming delivery of a grant for 75 acres in favor of the late Nathaniel Clark Year(s)1873 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Samuel Revans, Huangarua Date: 18 May 1865 Subject: Requesting Sections 107 and 108 township of Carterton to be secured to him Year(s)1865 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Colonial Secretary, Auckland Date: 31 August 1859 Subject: Returning Samuel Revans' grant with endorsement signed Year(s)1857 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Samuel Revans, Huangarua Date: 29 December 1857 Subject: Requesting information as to whether deposit is necessary on old applications in the Wairarapa Year(s)1857 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Samuel Revans, Wairarapa Date: 15 August 1867 Subject: Authority for Daniel Haggerty to receive grant for section Nos. 95, 104, 105, 107 and 108 in the Township of Carterton Year(s)1867 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Samuel Revans, Wairarapa Date: 15 August 1867 Subject: Authority for Daniel Haggerty to receive grant for section Nos. 102, 103 and 106 in Township of Carterton and withdraw notice relative to them Year(s)1867 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Samuel Revans, Woodside Date: 7 October 1867 Subject: Relative to survey of a line of road Year(s)1867 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameFrom: Samuel Revans Date: 15 October 1874 Subject: Authority for A de B Brandon to receive grant for [Sections] No. 41 Moroa and No. 216 Taratahi Plain Blocks, Wairarapa Year(s)1874 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

Wellington Province Government > General Inwards Correspondence, Inward Letters from Commissioner of Crown Lands & the General Government

Name	Year(s)	Held At	Access
Superintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans, Woodside - 29 May 1867 - Asking for a road to be surveyed	1867	Wellington	Open
Superintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans, Woodside - 2 June 1867 - Expressing gratitude for the surveying of the Featherston road and discussing the possibility of having a road board set	1867	Wellington	Open
Superintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans, Executive Council, Woodside, to Mr Holdsworth - 7 October 1867 - Reporting on a personal dispute with Mr Jackson over the road Board, and asking about the procedure for changing proposed roadways around Greytown. Also concerning a delay in obtaining a large plan of the district	1867	Wellington	Open
Superintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans, Woodside - 23 June 1867 - Relating to the possible dismissal of Murphy the policeman which he would regard as unjust	1867	Wellington	Open
Superintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans, Greytown - 12 February 1868 - States that he has sent £106.1.4, the Greytown road rates, which he wishes forwarded to the Provincial Treasurer	1868	Wellington	Open
Superintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Miscellaneous - Samuel Revans and others, Wairarapa - April 1867 - Expressing concern that the subsidy for Cobbs Coaches to the District has been removed, and asking for it to be continued	1867	Wellington	Open
Superintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans, Woodside - 27 September 1867 - Requesting that instructions be given to Mr Jackson to prepare and send maps to the Greytown District Board of Wardent[?] to enable them to assess rates, and connecting favourable on the Bills prepared for this session	1867	Wellington	Open
Superintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans, Woodside to Mr Holdsworth - 4 November 1867 - Reporting rivalries within the Road Board	1867	Wellington	Open
Superintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans, Woodside - 29 February 1868 - Forwards money for the Provincial Treasury on account of the Greytown Road Board	1868	Wellington	Open
Superintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans Woodside - 17 August 1867 - Recommending that the Government acquire land for a Ferry Reserve at Waehenga	1867	Wellington	Open

NameSuperintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans, Woodside - 29 May 1867 - Asking for a road to be surveyed Year(s)1867 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameSuperintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans, Woodside - 2 June 1867 - Expressing gratitude for the surveying of the Featherston road and discussing the possibility of having a road board set Year(s)1867 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameSuperintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans, Executive Council, Woodside, to Mr Holdsworth - 7 October 1867 - Reporting on a personal dispute with Mr Jackson over the road Board, and asking about the procedure for changing proposed roadways around Greytown. Also concerning a delay in obtaining a large plan of the district Year(s)1867 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameSuperintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans, Woodside - 23 June 1867 - Relating to the possible dismissal of Murphy the policeman which he would regard as unjust Year(s)1867 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameSuperintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans, Greytown - 12 February 1868 - States that he has sent £106.1.4, the Greytown road rates, which he wishes forwarded to the Provincial Treasurer Year(s)1868 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameSuperintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Miscellaneous - Samuel Revans and others, Wairarapa - April 1867 - Expressing concern that the subsidy for Cobbs Coaches to the District has been removed, and asking for it to be continued Year(s)1867 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameSuperintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans, Woodside - 27 September 1867 - Requesting that instructions be given to Mr Jackson to prepare and send maps to the Greytown District Board of Wardent[?] to enable them to assess rates, and connecting favourable on the Bills prepared for this session Year(s)1867 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameSuperintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans, Woodside to Mr Holdsworth - 4 November 1867 - Reporting rivalries within the Road Board Year(s)1867 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameSuperintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans, Woodside - 29 February 1868 - Forwards money for the Provincial Treasury on account of the Greytown Road Board Year(s)1868 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

NameSuperintendent - General Inwards Letters and Letters from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the General Government - Samuel Revans Woodside - 17 August 1867 - Recommending that the Government acquire land for a Ferry Reserve at Waehenga Year(s)1867 Held AtWellington AccessOpen

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Samuel Revans	REVANS, SAMUEL (1808-88) was born in England, the son of a doctor-apothecary, who brought him up to the printing trade. From his early years he was a militant radical. In 1833, with H. S. Chapman (q.v.) he went to Canada, and together they ran the Montreal Daily Advertiser. The proprietors were generally at loggerheads with the official and wealthy classes, and the paper never paid. When Chapman was sent by the Liberal party in Canada on a political mission to England, the paper closed down (1834). Revans stayed on for a short time in Canada, to become involved, it is said, in the rising under Papineau (1837). When it failed he made his way into the United States, and thence to England. There the Chartist movement was at its height, and Revans became associated with Henry Vincent, Roebuck, and Cobden. He acted as second to Roebuck in a duel with Black, the editor of the Morning Chronicle (1835). Shots were exchanged twice without effect, and in an altercation Revans offered to fight the other second. Revans became interested in the colonisation of New Zealand, and on 21 Aug 1839 issued from his office, 16 Little Pulteney street, St James's, London, the first number of the New Zealand Gazette. On that same day he was appointed secretary under the provisional constitution drawn up by the intending emigrants for their own governance when they should land in New Zealand. The next issue of the paper was to appear as soon as possible after the landing of the newspaper plant, which Revans took with him in the Adelaide. The vessel arrived at Port Nicholson on 7 Mar 1840, and Revans landed with his Columbia printing press on the beach of Petone. There, on 18 Apr 1840, he brought out the second issue of the New Zealand Gazette. One of his staff was Thomas Wilmor McKenzie (q.v.). When the settlement was moved to Lambton the paper was called the New Zealand Gazette and Britannia Spectator. Revans took an important position in the community. The provisional council met for the first time on 4 Apr, and all of its official documents until it was declared illegal by Lieut Governor Hobson were signed by Revans as secretary. In 1843 he published the first Wellington Almanac, which for many years was an accurate chronicle of the events of the province. In the same year he sold the paper to a company, and William Fox became editor. The founder for a while devoted his energies to the importation of merchandise from England and cattle from Australia. In 1846, after the hostilities in the Hutt Valley, he presided over the public meeting held to consider measures of defence. In 1847 he severed his connection with journalism, and joined W. Mein Smith in the ownership of a large run in the Wairarapa. At one time they had 22,000 acres of freehold and 30,000 acres on lease. Revans was a member of Parliament for Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay (1853-55) and for Hutt (1856-58). In provincial politics he was member for Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay (1853-57), and on two occasions he held office in Featherston's executive. He was a member of the Council's first committee on education (1853). The run was not always successful and in 1851 Revans chartered the barque Thames and loaded her with timber and potatoes for California. He was forestalled by earlier cargoes; the timber was not a success, but the potatoes found a good market. When the leases fell in (about 1872) part of the Wairarapa property passed into the hands of Waterhouse. Another portion, where Martinborough now stands, was bought by John Martin. Revans continued to reside with his partner at Woodside. He and Smith were almost the first to take an interest in the timber industry in the Wairarapa, but the want of a railway was a serious drawback. Revans died on 14 Jul 1888. N.Z.C. papers; Wellington P.C. Proc.; Cycl. N.Z., i; R. E. Leader, Life and Letters of John Arthur Roebuck (1897); Ward; E. J. Wakefield; Otago Daily Times, 25 Nov 1874; Evening Post, 14 Sep 1929 (p), 20 Sep 1929 (by H. Fildes). Portraits: General Assembly Library.	Volume 2, page 115

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REVANS, SAMUEL (1808-88) was born in England, the son of a doctor-apothecary, who brought him up to the printing trade. From his early years he was a militant radical. In 1833, with H. S. Chapman (q.v.) he went to Canada, and together they ran the Montreal Daily Advertiser. The proprietors were generally at loggerheads with the official and wealthy classes, and the paper never paid. When Chapman was sent by the Liberal party in Canada on a political mission to England, the paper closed down (1834). Revans stayed on for a short time in Canada, to become involved, it is said, in the rising under Papineau (1837). When it failed he made his way into the United States, and thence to England.

There the Chartist movement was at its height, and Revans became associated with Henry Vincent, Roebuck, and Cobden. He acted as second to Roebuck in a duel with Black, the editor of the Morning Chronicle (1835). Shots were exchanged twice without effect, and in an altercation Revans offered to fight the other second. Revans became interested in the colonisation of New Zealand, and on 21 Aug 1839 issued from his office, 16 Little Pulteney street, St James's, London, the first number of the New Zealand Gazette. On that same day he was appointed secretary under the provisional constitution drawn up by the intending emigrants for their own governance when they should land in New Zealand. The next issue of the paper was to appear as soon as possible after the landing of the newspaper plant, which Revans took with him in the Adelaide. The vessel arrived at Port Nicholson on 7 Mar 1840, and Revans landed with his Columbia printing press on the beach of Petone. There, on 18 Apr 1840, he brought out the second issue of the New Zealand Gazette. One of his staff was Thomas Wilmor McKenzie (q.v.). When the settlement was moved to Lambton the paper was called the New Zealand Gazette and Britannia Spectator.

Revans took an important position in the community. The provisional council met for the first time on 4 Apr, and all of its official documents until it was declared illegal by Lieut Governor Hobson were signed by Revans as secretary. In 1843 he published the first Wellington Almanac, which for many years was an accurate chronicle of the events of the province. In the same year he sold the paper to a company, and William Fox became editor. The founder for a while devoted his energies to the importation of merchandise from England and cattle from Australia. In 1846, after the hostilities in the Hutt Valley, he presided over the public meeting held to consider measures of defence. In 1847 he severed his connection with journalism, and joined W. Mein Smith in the ownership of a large run in the Wairarapa. At one time they had 22,000 acres of freehold and 30,000 acres on lease.

Revans was a member of Parliament for Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay (1853-55) and for Hutt (1856-58). In provincial politics he was member for Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay (1853-57), and on two occasions he held office in Featherston's executive. He was a member of the Council's first committee on education (1853). The run was not always successful and in 1851 Revans chartered the barque Thames and loaded her with timber and potatoes for California. He was forestalled by earlier cargoes; the timber was not a success, but the potatoes found a good market.

When the leases fell in (about 1872) part of the Wairarapa property passed into the hands of Waterhouse. Another portion, where Martinborough now stands, was bought by John Martin. Revans continued to reside with his partner at Woodside. He and Smith were almost the first to take an interest in the timber industry in the Wairarapa, but the want of a railway was a serious drawback. Revans died on 14 Jul 1888.

N.Z.C. papers; Wellington P.C. Proc.; Cycl. N.Z., i; R. E. Leader, Life and Letters of John Arthur Roebuck (1897); Ward; E. J. Wakefield; Otago Daily Times, 25 Nov 1874; Evening Post, 14 Sep 1929 (p), 20 Sep 1929 (by H. Fildes). Portraits: General Assembly Library.

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NameSamuel Revans Biography

REVANS, SAMUEL (1808-88) was born in England, the son of a doctor-apothecary, who brought him up to the printing trade. From his early years he was a militant radical. In 1833, with H. S. Chapman (q.v.) he went to Canada, and together they ran the Montreal Daily Advertiser. The proprietors were generally at loggerheads with the official and wealthy classes, and the paper never paid. When Chapman was sent by the Liberal party in Canada on a political mission to England, the paper closed down (1834). Revans stayed on for a short time in Canada, to become involved, it is said, in the rising under Papineau (1837). When it failed he made his way into the United States, and thence to England.

There the Chartist movement was at its height, and Revans became associated with Henry Vincent, Roebuck, and Cobden. He acted as second to Roebuck in a duel with Black, the editor of the Morning Chronicle (1835). Shots were exchanged twice without effect, and in an altercation Revans offered to fight the other second. Revans became interested in the colonisation of New Zealand, and on 21 Aug 1839 issued from his office, 16 Little Pulteney street, St James's, London, the first number of the New Zealand Gazette. On that same day he was appointed secretary under the provisional constitution drawn up by the intending emigrants for their own governance when they should land in New Zealand. The next issue of the paper was to appear as soon as possible after the landing of the newspaper plant, which Revans took with him in the Adelaide. The vessel arrived at Port Nicholson on 7 Mar 1840, and Revans landed with his Columbia printing press on the beach of Petone. There, on 18 Apr 1840, he brought out the second issue of the New Zealand Gazette. One of his staff was Thomas Wilmor McKenzie (q.v.). When the settlement was moved to Lambton the paper was called the New Zealand Gazette and Britannia Spectator.

Revans took an important position in the community. The provisional council met for the first time on 4 Apr, and all of its official documents until it was declared illegal by Lieut Governor Hobson were signed by Revans as secretary. In 1843 he published the first Wellington Almanac, which for many years was an accurate chronicle of the events of the province. In the same year he sold the paper to a company, and William Fox became editor. The founder for a while devoted his energies to the importation of merchandise from England and cattle from Australia. In 1846, after the hostilities in the Hutt Valley, he presided over the public meeting held to consider measures of defence. In 1847 he severed his connection with journalism, and joined W. Mein Smith in the ownership of a large run in the Wairarapa. At one time they had 22,000 acres of freehold and 30,000 acres on lease.

Revans was a member of Parliament for Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay (1853-55) and for Hutt (1856-58). In provincial politics he was member for Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay (1853-57), and on two occasions he held office in Featherston's executive. He was a member of the Council's first committee on education (1853). The run was not always successful and in 1851 Revans chartered the barque Thames and loaded her with timber and potatoes for California. He was forestalled by earlier cargoes; the timber was not a success, but the potatoes found a good market.

When the leases fell in (about 1872) part of the Wairarapa property passed into the hands of Waterhouse. Another portion, where Martinborough now stands, was bought by John Martin. Revans continued to reside with his partner at Woodside. He and Smith were almost the first to take an interest in the timber industry in the Wairarapa, but the want of a railway was a serious drawback. Revans died on 14 Jul 1888.

N.Z.C. papers; Wellington P.C. Proc.; Cycl. N.Z., i; R. E. Leader, Life and Letters of John Arthur Roebuck (1897); Ward; E. J. Wakefield; Otago Daily Times, 25 Nov 1874; Evening Post, 14 Sep 1929 (p), 20 Sep 1929 (by H. Fildes). Portraits: General Assembly Library.

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REVANS, Samuel 🔍	1915	NZ Probates
REVANS, Samuel 🔍	07 Oct 1915	NZ Probates
REVANS, Samuel Stebbing 🔍	05 Sep 1917	NZ Probates

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Samuel Revans	New Zealand politician, merchant, printer, runholder, newspaper proprietor and editor (1807-1888)

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Client files - Redhawk Dairy Ltd-Riddiford Estate	MS-Papers-1347-3/2/100. Client files - Redhawk Dairy Ltd-Riddiford Estate. 1858-1923, 1965. Levin & Company Ltd : Records (MS-Group-1085). [Item]
Quality Packers Ltd :Famous New Zealanders; the making of a friendly land 1150-1907 [1960-1970s].	Eph-A-PICTURE-CARDS-Choysa-1970s-01. Quality Packers Ltd :Famous New Zealanders; the making of a friendly land 1150-1907 [1960-1970s].. [Item]
Revans family : Papers	MS-Papers-2007. Revans family : Papers. 1837-1947. [Item]
Revans, Samuel 1808-1888 : Copies of letters from Samuel Revans, principally to H S Chapman dated at sea and at Wellington	qMS-1687-1689. Revans, Samuel 1808-1888 : Copies of letters from Samuel Revans, principally to H S Chapman dated at sea and at Wellington. 20 Sep 1839-1 Sep 1842. [Collection]
Copies of letters from Samuel Revans Vol 1	qMS-1687. Copies of letters from Samuel Revans Vol 1. Sep 1839-May 1841. Revans, Samuel 1808-1888 : Copies of letters from Samuel Revans, principally to H S Chapman dated at sea and at Wellington (qMS-1687-1689). [Item]
Index to Copies of letters from Samuel Revans / compiled by Glen W Macmorran	qMS-1689. Index to Copies of letters from Samuel Revans / compiled by Glen W Macmorran. 1943. Revans, Samuel 1808-1888 : Copies of letters from Samuel Revans, principally to H S Chapman dated at sea and at Wellington (qMS-1687-1689). [Item]
Revans, Samuel Stebbing, fl 1858-1871 : Letters from Samuel Revans / transcribed by Struan Robertson	MSX-2611. Revans, Samuel Stebbing, fl 1858-1871 : Letters from Samuel Revans / transcribed by Struan Robertson. 1858-1871. [Item]
Inward correspondence - William Rea, Samuel Revans, W B Rhodes	MS-Papers-0083-364. Inward correspondence - William Rea, Samuel Revans, W B Rhodes. 1860-1868. Mantell family : Papers (MS-Group-0305). [Item]
Grand reform banquet. Demonstration in favour of the immediate establishment of representative institutions in this colony, to be held at the Britannia Saloon, on Thursday, the 1st March, 1849.	Eph-C-POLITICS-1849-01. Grand reform banquet. Demonstration in favour of the immediate establishment of representative institutions in this colony, to be held at the Britannia Saloon, on Thursday, the 1st March, 1849.. [Item]
Interview with Mita Carter	OHInt-0005/07. Interview with Mita Carter. 20 Jan 1982. NZOHA Martinborough Project (OHColl-0005). [Interview/Event]
Samuel Revans	1/2-038720-F. Samuel Revans. [ca 1860]. Reed, A H and A W :Photographs, negatives and printed material (PAColl-0286). [Item]
Inward correspondence - Personal : Samuel Revans	MS-Papers-0053-09. Inward correspondence - Personal : Samuel Revans. 1839-1865. Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers (ATL-Group-00840). [Item]
Copies from McGill University - Inward letters	MS-Papers-8670-004. Copies from McGill University - Inward letters. 1832-1842. Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers (ATL-Group-00840). [Item]
Copies from McGill University - Inward letters	MS-Papers-8670-005. Copies from McGill University - Inward letters. 1837-1857. Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers (ATL-Group-00840). [Item]
Samuel Revans and J S Mill - Transcripts of letters	MS-Papers-8670-201. Samuel Revans and J S Mill - Transcripts of letters. 1841-1842, 1856-1864. Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers (ATL-Group-00840). [Item]
Samuel Revans - Transcripts of letters	MS-Papers-8670-200. Samuel Revans - Transcripts of letters. 1840-1841. Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers (ATL-Group-00840). [Item]
Copies of letters from Samuel Revans Vol 2	qMS-1688. Copies of letters from Samuel Revans Vol 2. May 1841-Jan 1865. Revans, Samuel 1808-1888 : Copies of letters from Samuel Revans, principally to H S Chapman dated at sea and at Wellington (qMS-1687-1689). [Item]
New Zealand Company: Letter from steerage passengers on the Bengal Merchant to Samuel Revans	fMS-Papers-12194. New Zealand Company: Letter from steerage passengers on the Bengal Merchant to Samuel Revans. 14 March 1840. [Item]
Inward letters - Surnames, Ren - Rha	MS-Papers-0032-0526. Inward letters - Surnames, Ren - Rha. 1853-1876, n d. McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers (MS-Group-1551). [Item]

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