John C. Galbraith letters

Collection comprises two boxes of letters and family history documents. John C. Galbraith was a Te Puke storekeeper who corresponded with family in Glasgow.

Box 1

1. Details of Collection
2. Transcript of the letters from John C. Galbraith
3. Photocopies of letters
4. Folder with copies of letters
5. Family tree
6. Shipping Summary, Papers Past
7. Passenger List of Lady Jocelyn – London to Tauranga
8. Details on John Cameron Galbraith – Ancestry.co.uk
9. Passage from Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Vol.2, Auckland, p.940 about J.C. Galbraith
10. Copy of Register of Marriage – 1885
11. Affidavit by Barbara Anne Galbraith, 5 Dec 1907

Box 2

1. Copy of Register of Marriage - 1885 between John Cameron Galbraith and Barbara Anne Bird
2. Eleven handwritten letters

1. To "Granny" from "Lady Jocelyn" at sea, 27 September 1880, 2 pages
2. To "Papa" from "Lady Jocelyn" outside Tauranga Harbour, 1 January 1881, 4 pages
3. To "Father" from Tauranga, 27 January 1881, 12 pages
4. To "Father" from Auckland, February 1881, 8 pages
5. To "Papa" from Te Puke, 26 March 1881, 4 pages
6. To "Papa" from Te Puke, 16 May 1881, 12 pages (incomplete, pp.5-8 inclusive missing)
7. To "Father" from Te Puke, 17 June 1881, 12 pages
8. To "the Galbraith family" from Te Puke, 15 July 1881, 12 pages
9. To "Father" from Te Puke, 15 July 1881, 12 pages
10. To "Father" from Te Puke, 7 September 1881, 4 pages
11. Incomplete, undated (late 1881?) from Te Puke, 4 pages

3. Two copies of the a photograph of the Pioneer Store, Te Puke, 1881