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Tupurupuru 1st Feby. 1859 Dear Sir, I have now this day received yours of the 15th ult. and surrounded as I am by about 150 men, women and children, all talking, some to themselves but more to me, cannot be expected to write at any length, I am glad to hear that there is some prospect of surveying assistance, I have completed the purchase of the Tupurupuru block yesterday of about 43,000 acres and two other small blocks joining to it of about 5 or 6000 acres more, I will write you more fully by next mail. Your's very truly Will N. Searancke D. McLean Esqre, Auckland.

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2 pages written 1 Feb 1859 by William Nicholas Searancke to Sir Donald McLean in Auckland Region, Inward letters - W N Searancke

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Document date	1 February 1859
Document	MCLEAN-1015588
Document title	2 pages written 1 Feb 1859 by William Nicholas Searancke to Sir Donald McLean in Auckland Region
Document type	MANUSCRIPT
Attribution	ATL
Author	45250/Searancke, William Nicholas, 1817?-1904
Collection	McLean Papers
Date	1859-02-01
Decade	1850s
Destination	66181/Auckland Region
Englishorigin	ATL
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Format	Full Text
Generictitle	2 pages written 1 Feb 1859 by William Nicholas Searancke to Sir Donald McLean in Auckland Region
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Language	English
Name	45250/Searancke, William Nicholas, 1817?-1904
Origin	Unknown
Place	66181/Auckland Region
Recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Section	Manuscripts
Series	Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Sortorder	0006-0095
Subarea	Manuscripts and Archives Collection
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Tapuhiitemdescription	60 letters written from Waiuku, Ahuriri, Waipa, Auckland, Awhitu, Wellington, Masterton, Wairarapa, Otaki, Manawatu, Tuaranganui, Te Purupuru, Greytown, Rangitikei, Waikato, Whangarei, Ngaruawhaia. Includes piece-level inventory (1969 accessions not added). Contains letters from Searancke to McLean with regard to the purchase of Maori land in the lower North Island in the 1850s and 1860s, in Wairarapa, Horowhenua and Manawatu; the letters also contain information about disputes that arose from the sales among Maori and between Maori and the Government; there is also information about the disposition of Maori, and their attitudes towards the King Movement, in these areas during the New Zealand wars of the early 1860s There are also some letters about Searancke's work in the Waikato district as a resident magistrate, with information about his observations of the Kingitanga
Tapuhiitemgenre 3	230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemiwihapu	32130/Ngati Apa
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Tapuhiitemname 3	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemplace	66392/Manawatu-Wanganui Region
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Tapuhiitemsubjects 3	1446/New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872
Tapuhiitemtitle	Inward letters - W N Searancke
Tapuhiitemtitle 2	Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Tapuhiitemtitle 3	McLean Papers
Tapuhireelref	MS-COPY-MICRO-0535-089
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Year	1859

2 pages written 1 Feb 1859 by William Nicholas Searancke to Sir Donald McLean in Auckland Region Inward letters - W N Searancke

author	45250/Searancke, William Nicholas, 1817?-1904
destination	66181/Auckland Region
origin	66181/Auckland Region
recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Folder	MS-Papers-0032-0565

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2 pages written 1 Feb 1859 by William Nicholas Searancke to Sir Donald McLean in Auckland Region Inward letters - W N Searancke

author	45250/Searancke, William Nicholas, 1817?-1904
destination	66181/Auckland Region
origin	66181/Auckland Region
recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Folder	MS-Papers-0032-0565

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