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Napier Oct. 21/57/ My dear McLean, I have very little news to give you by this mail. The Natives have had fight No. 2 with trifling loss, and everything "as you were". I am delighted no hear of the success of the Ministerial loan --- I suppose that will make all right now. We had a great meeting yesterday to petition for troops, Rhodes and T. FitzGerald being the prime movers, & Curling strongly in favour. But it wouldn't work, although they had everything cut & dry & a regularly packed meeting. Colenzo & I spoke against them, both making long speeches --- I think I spoke for about an hour and thought I was never going to stop. They all tell me it was a very effective speech. At any rate we carried the majority of the meeting with us, most of whom had attended on purpose to petition for troops (that is Commissariat). Rhodes' fire and fury resolutions were rejected utterly --- after a long time Dyett (!) only could be got to second them, so Curling would not put them to the vote. Ferguson then moved that Genl. Govt. be petitioned to afford the means of carrying out the law, either by police, military, or other means. Colenzo proposed and carried by a large majority an amendment to erase "military", so you will someday see a petition for strong police which will I suppose be sent to the Provl. Govt. and so shelved. The real truth is that the District is in no worse a state than when I first arrived. I enclose a part of lastweek's Herald --- containing 2 or 3 letters. Grindell's is I fancy Alexander's --- it is a good one nevertheless. You will seeone from me in juxtaposition with Teddy Watt's speech which called it forth. I need not take up time in alluding further to it as the whole thing speaks for itself. I was greatly disappointed at not hearing from you per O.M., but your brother showed me a letter he had received from which I learn that it will be yet some time ere you arrive. I have accordingly made up my mind to go to Wellgtn per steamer which will sail about 27 or 28th. inst. and return per next trip, in about a month. I am to this from letter I have received from Wellington per Shepherdess. In the first place I hear that Miss R. is very ill, and besides that my private affairs imperatively that I should see Dan.as once. As you have led me into this scrape I must trust to your pulling me through. My departure from Napier will be a "bolt", for I shall not tell a living sould I am doing nothing here, but waste the public time and my own money to nopurpose, so I'm off. I will leave letters behind me for you. I must now conlcude as the messenger is waiting for the letters, Ever faithfully, G.S. Cooper.
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6 pages written 21 Oct 1857 by George Sisson Cooper in Napier City to Sir Donald McLean, Inward letters - George Sisson Cooper

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Key Value
Document date 21 October 1857
Document MCLEAN-1004955
Document title 6 pages written 21 Oct 1857 by George Sisson Cooper in Napier City to Sir Donald McLean
Document type MANUSCRIPT
Attribution ATL
Author 37435/Cooper, George Sisson, 1825-1898
Collection McLean Papers
Date 1857-10-21
Decade 1850s
Destination Unknown
Englishorigin ATL
Entityid 51
Format Full Text
Generictitle 6 pages written 21 Oct 1857 by George Sisson Cooper in Napier City to Sir Donald McLean
Iwihapu Unknown
Language English
Name 37435/Cooper, George Sisson, 1825-1898
Origin 71187/Napier City
Place 71187/Napier City
Recipient 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Section Manuscripts
Series Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Sortorder 0611-0327
Subarea Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcount 70
Tapuhiitemcount 2 14501
Tapuhiitemcount 3 30238
Tapuhiitemdescription 67 letters written from Taranaki, Hawke's Bay and Wellington. Contains correspondence between McLean and Cooper with regard to the purchase of Maori land in Taranaki, Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa; the correspondence also contains information and discussions about general Maori affairs in these areas, and about personal matters. Includes two letters from Mclean to Cooper, 24 Mar & 1 May 1854
Tapuhiitemgenre 3 230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemiwihapu 321618/Puketapu
Tapuhiitemname 37435/Cooper, George Sisson, 1825-1898
Tapuhiitemname 3 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemplace 51813/Hawke's Bay Region
Tapuhiitemref MS-Papers-0032-0227
Tapuhiitemref 2 Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Tapuhiitemref 3 MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemsubjects 3 1446/New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872
Tapuhiitemtitle Inward letters - George Sisson Cooper
Tapuhiitemtitle 2 Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Tapuhiitemtitle 3 McLean Papers
Tapuhireelref MS-COPY-MICRO-0535-047
Teiref ms-1319-233
Year 1857

6 pages written 21 Oct 1857 by George Sisson Cooper in Napier City to Sir Donald McLean Inward letters - George Sisson Cooper

6 pages written 21 Oct 1857 by George Sisson Cooper in Napier City to Sir Donald McLean Inward letters - George Sisson Cooper

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