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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  Bethunes at Webb's Historical Photography and Rare Books
• Sale Date:
  20 Feb 2012 ~ 10am
• Lot #:
  245
• Lot Description:
  Deed of feoffment, Bluff, 9 March 1838.
  Folio. [4]p. Bifolium. 'This Indenture made the ninth day of March in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight Between John Towack Chief of the Tribe of Kito in the Middle Island of New Zealand of the one part and Edwin Palmer of Sydney in the Colony of New South Wales of the other part. Whereas the said John Towack being Chief of the Tribe of Kito aforesaid in the Territory of New Zealand and having right and authority to alienate the Land hereinafter described hath contracted with the said Edwin Palmer for the sale to him of the said land for the price and consideration hereinafter mentioned and the same is intended to be hereby enfeoffed and conveyed to the said Edwin Palmer in manner hereinafter expressed. Now this Indenture Witnesseth that in consideration of One Sealing Boat, the Sum of Twenty Pounds Sterling One Dozen of Axes and Adzes and a quantity of Slops in hand well and truly delivered by the said Edwin Palmer to the said John Towack before the sealing and delivery hereof the receipt whereof and that the same is in full for the absolute purchase of the inheritance in fee simple in possession of the land and hereditaments hereinafter described and intended to be hereby enfeoffed and conveyed the said John Towack doth hereby acknowledge and from the same and every part thereof doth acquit release and for ever discharge the said Edwin Palmer his Heirs and Assigns and also the said Land. He the said John Towack Hath given granted and enfeoffed and by these presents Doth give grant enfeoff and confirm unto the said Edwin Palmer and his Heirs all that piece or parcel or Block of Land situate on the neck or point of land on the South side of the Harbor of the Bluff in Foveaux Straits in the Territory of New Zealand; bounded on the North by the said Harbor on the East by Land belonging to James Spencer on the South by Foveaux Straits aforesaid and on the West by land belonging to John Williams [etc].' Signatories include James Bruce of Barque Magnet and the seller (with his facial moko). Early 19th century copy made by J S Clarke, Hunter Street, Sydney. A fascinating document. See Turton, 'Maori deeds of old private land purchases in New Zealand, from the year 1815 to 1840, with pre-emptive and other claims' (George Didsbury, Government Printer, 1882). G.
• Estimate:
  NZ$500 - 500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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