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London 21 April 1870 My dear Fox, I told you by last mail that we were preparing a paper to go in to Lord Granville. Featherston was away at the North for a few days, and during his absence I got through the paper: but only after a great read of the whole Blue Books, for I constantly found we had endless pitfalls at every step, and I feel sure that a good writer could make quite asgood a case on the Granville side as any we can show, so unutterably stupid has the colony been. Featherston however does not like the draft, and therefore it will not go in before the present mail leaves: and as far as I am myself concerned I wish we should let it alone. Gisborne's Minute has answered Lord Granville's dispatch of October; and the less we go into a paper war I think, the better. Some part of the statement might be sent in, such for instance as contains any facts; but argument, and especially anything about separation, had best be omitted. In drafting the thing I had in my eye the probable receipt of very bad news last Monday in confirmation of the telegram that had arrived with the mail a month ago; but since the news is really pacific and no fresh trouble has occurred it seems useless as well as unwise to speak as if there were a new outbreak. I send you a copy of the draft, but you must not suppose that it will go in in this shape. Yours F. D. Bell Hon. W. Fox
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1 page written 21 Apr 1870 by Sir Francis Dillon Bell in London to Sir William Fox, Letters - Francis Dillon Bell to W Fox & W Gisborne

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Key Value
Document date 21 April 1870
Document MCLEAN-1005461
Document title 1 page written 21 Apr 1870 by Sir Francis Dillon Bell in London to Sir William Fox
Document type MANUSCRIPT
Attribution ATL
Author 195842/Bell, Francis Dillon (Sir), 1822-1898
Collection McLean Papers
Date 1870-04-21
Decade 1870s
Destination Unknown
Englishorigin ATL
Entityid 8
Format Full Text
Generictitle 1 page written 21 Apr 1870 by Sir Francis Dillon Bell in London to Sir William Fox
Iwihapu Unknown
Language English
Name 16423/Fox, William (Sir), 1812?-1893
Origin 82594/London
Place 82594/London
Recipient 16423/Fox, William (Sir), 1812?-1893
Section Manuscripts
Series Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Sortorder 0481-0041
Subarea Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcount 9
Tapuhiitemcount 2 14501
Tapuhiitemcount 3 30238
Tapuhiitemdescription Nine letters written from London and Dunedin, 1869-1870 (some undated)
Tapuhiitemgenre 3 230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemname 16423/Fox, William (Rt Hon Sir), 1812?-1893
Tapuhiitemname 3 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemref MS-Papers-0032-0159
Tapuhiitemref 2 Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Tapuhiitemref 3 MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemsubjects 3 1446/New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872
Tapuhiitemtitle Letters - Francis Dillon Bell to W Fox & W Gisborne
Tapuhiitemtitle 2 Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Tapuhiitemtitle 3 McLean Papers
Tapuhireelref MS-COPY-MICRO-0535-037
Teipb 1
Teiref ms-1303-091
Year 1870

1 page written 21 Apr 1870 by Sir Francis Dillon Bell in London to Sir William Fox Letters - Francis Dillon Bell to W Fox & W Gisborne

1 page written 21 Apr 1870 by Sir Francis Dillon Bell in London to Sir William Fox Letters - Francis Dillon Bell to W Fox & W Gisborne

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