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[1851] You cannot conceive how anxious I am about you Douglas therefore be sure to take every possible care of yourself in my absence. I am getting very tired of being separated from you and I trust it will not be very long before you either hear from me or see me. I find my greatest earthly enjoyment now is to be with my own little pussy. Good bye dear. Give my love to Mama. Tell Jessie to be a good girl, and always believe me your own affectionate Donald McLean [On verso] These scraps have been written while waiting for the boat.

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3 pages written 1851 by Sir Donald McLean, Inward family correspondence - Susan McLean (wife)

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Document date	0 1851
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Document title	3 pages written 1851 by Sir Donald McLean
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Author	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Collection	McLean Papers
Date	1851-00-00
Decade	1850s
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Tapuhiitemdescription	The letters from Donald are written from Porirua Barracks, Otaki, Rangitikei, Waikanae, Wanganui and Taranaki. Susan's letters are addressed from Dalmuir Hill (her parent's home) and Wellington Terrace. Many letters are undated and were written prior to their marriage in Aug 1851. Includes correspondence between Susan McLean and her mother Susan Strang (2 letters, undated); one letter from Helen Anne Wilson to Mrs McLean, 30 August 1852
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Tapuhiitemtitle	Inward family correspondence - Susan McLean (wife)
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Year	1851

3 pages written 1851 by Sir Donald McLean Inward family correspondence - Susan McLean (wife)

author	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
destination	unknown
origin	unknown
recipient	unknown
Folder	MS-Papers-0032-0828

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3 pages written 1851 by Sir Donald McLean Inward family correspondence - Susan McLean (wife)

author	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
destination	unknown
origin	unknown
recipient	unknown
Folder	MS-Papers-0032-0828

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