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15 August 1865 Glenorchy My dear Donald I am happy to say that things are going very well up here thank providence. Alexr never was so anxious to do well as at preasant. George has been down doing all the plowing he wanted done at Maraekakaho and sowed the padock in oats. Alex is also finishing the fencing at the cottage and strange to say is making a gardin their and quite anxious about it. He went with me and picked the seeds with as much care as I used to do. I hope and trust his last illness will be a blessing to himself and his relations. He is going tommorrow to the plains to look after Ngley/Wgley [?] and other horses and to speak to Carlyon about his sheep as they are becoming a pest in the back country. Indeed I could not believe he would change so much. I hope he may spend more of his time up here as by talking over things that is to be done together I find now that he quite likes it and formerly he would get quite angry when I would sugest any thing. He was today in the bush and spliting timber himself to load the dray to keep the fencers going. So poor fellow he may do well yet. He says he will pay off all usless men and make reforms so my dear brother I hope God may change him and all that require a change for the better. I was very sorry to hear of the dreadful news from Bay of Plenty but I hope you will endeavour to soon have it put down altho I am certain it must gave you very great concern. I do believe were you to try a scheme as I spoak of and rise a native force on pay say that you would have 1/3 of the armey native under English officers and the other half Europeans. I do believe it would do more good than all the military as they would be under the Colonial Office. I hope and trust you will be very careful how you go allong the coast. I dread the idea of you having to go at all. I have a great wish to see you up here as soon as you can at all make it convenient just to break down a fear I have had on me for some time that is that I might not see you here at all for I have so often prepaired to see you. Please to tell Kate her poney is up here and will be sent down next Saturday. I find no account of the ages and number of Inglis [English] sheep in the old book but as I told you Alex must have an account of them on paper as I recolect making it out. No more at preasant. Always your affectionate brother Archibald John McLean
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4 pages written 15 Aug 1865 by Archibald John McLean in Glenorchy to Sir Donald McLean, Inward family correspondence - Archibald John McLean (brother)

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Key Value
Document date 15 August 1865
Document MCLEAN-1004738
Document title 4 pages written 15 Aug 1865 by Archibald John McLean in Glenorchy to Sir Donald McLean
Document type MANUSCRIPT
Attribution MD
Author 57168/McLean, Archibald John, 1816-1881
Collection McLean Papers
Date 1865-08-15
Decade 1860s
Destination Unknown
Englishorigin MD
Entityid 40
Format Full Text
Generictitle 4 pages written 15 Aug 1865 by Archibald John McLean in Glenorchy to Sir Donald McLean
Iwihapu Unknown
Language English
Name 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Origin 188233/Glenorchy
Place 188233/Glenorchy
Recipient 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Section Manuscripts
Series Series 9 Inwards family letters
Sortorder 0006-0131
Subarea Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcorpname 57187/Maraekakaho Station
Tapuhiitemcount 112
Tapuhiitemcount 2 1204
Tapuhiitemcount 3 30238
Tapuhiitemdescription Letters written from Maraekakaho, Warleigh, Doonside and Glenorchy about station matters and family news.Letter dated 24 Oct 1874 recounts the McLean family's lineage and gives dates of birth for family members
Tapuhiitemgenre 3 230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemname 4811/McLean family
Tapuhiitemname 3 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemref MS-Papers-0032-0818
Tapuhiitemref 2 Series 9 Inwards family letters
Tapuhiitemref 3 MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemsubjects 35583/Genealogy
Tapuhiitemsubjects 3 1446/New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872
Tapuhiitemtitle Inward family correspondence - Archibald John McLean (brother)
Tapuhiitemtitle 2 Series 9 Inwards family letters
Tapuhiitemtitle 3 McLean Papers
Tapuhireelref MS-COPY-MICRO-0726-20
Teipb 1
Teiref MS-Papers-0032-0818-e40
Year 1865

4 pages written 15 Aug 1865 by Archibald John McLean in Glenorchy to Sir Donald McLean Inward family correspondence - Archibald John McLean (brother)

4 pages written 15 Aug 1865 by Archibald John McLean in Glenorchy to Sir Donald McLean Inward family correspondence - Archibald John McLean (brother)

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