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Tuesday morning. 10th. November 1868. The Hau Haus are on us - Matawhero was attacked this morning. Major Biggs and Capt. Wilson killed. - Women and children arriving every minute, bare-headed, bare-footed, and some of the children just as they were taken from their beds. I expect before this reaches you the whole place will be destroyed. I can see the smoke of as I write this. (Signed) John G. Sleddy. Post Master. over ''Forward this news along with all dispatch.'' N.B. The original letter has been handed over to The Hawke's Bay Museum - 1936.)
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1 page, Superintendent, Hawkes Bay and Government Agent, East Coast - Papers

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Key Value
Document date 10 November 1868
Document MCLEAN-1001789
Document title 1 page
Document type MANUSCRIPT
Attribution ATL
Author Unknown
Collection McLean Papers
Date 1868-11-10
Decade 1860s
Destination Unknown
Englishorigin ATL
Entityid 10
Format Full Text
Generictitle 1 page
Iwihapu Unknown
Language English
Name Unknown
Origin Unknown
Place Unknown
Recipient Unknown
Section Manuscripts
Series Series 7 Official papers
Sortorder 0318-0025
Subarea Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcount 68
Tapuhiitemcount 2 3737
Tapuhiitemcount 3 30238
Tapuhiitemdescription Comprises correspondence, memoranda and reports mainly relating to the military campaign against Te Kooti.
Tapuhiitemgenre 3 230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemname 3 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemref MS-Papers-0032-0021
Tapuhiitemref 2 Series 7 Official papers
Tapuhiitemref 3 MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemsubjects 3 1446/New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872
Tapuhiitemtitle Superintendent, Hawkes Bay and Government Agent, East Coast - Papers
Tapuhiitemtitle 2 Series 7 Official papers
Tapuhiitemtitle 3 McLean Papers
Tapuhireelref MS-COPY-MICRO-0535-006
Teiref ms-1337-008
Year 1868

1 page Superintendent, Hawkes Bay and Government Agent, East Coast - Papers

1 page Superintendent, Hawkes Bay and Government Agent, East Coast - Papers

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