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7 February 1874 Glenorchy My dear Donald I am glade to inform you that I have got a very good clue to the section and hotel that poor Alexr had in Melbourne through Mr John McDonald carpenter who had been doing some little work. The same man that built the turack [?] houses and was intimate with Alex and stayed with him for some time in the same house and tells me a straight forward account of all the transaction with Allan Campbell, the owner of the half acre and hotell. At the time Alexander advanced Campbell £150 on house and land and got all the deeds as he McDonald says Campbell could not at the time get a licence for the house and when Alick demanded his money he gave him the deeds of the property as he could not rise the money at the time and McDonald thinks he can find out through Roderick McKenzie, formerly a hotel keeper, a clue to where Alex left the deeds by writing to him or to McLean of the Bucks Head or Dallmahoy Campbell with whom Alick use to have great dealings in cattle and horses that he used to bring for sale from Gibs Land. McDonald also tells me that poor Allexander was speaking to him about it when he was working at the cottage a few months before his death and had said to McDonald if God would spare him this summer he intended going to Melbourne and see what the property was worth and was asking McDonald all about the different people they new about Porachie [?] at that time. McD appears to know all the history very well and he is a very inteligent man. He says he will write for us to Roderick McKenzie and find out what became of Allan Campbell. Now there is a plan in my head that might answer very well. Your government is often getting material from Melbourne in the way of railway plant etc and if he McD should locate himself at Aorangi vil[l]age [last page/pages missing]
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5 pages written 7 Feb 1874 by an unknown author in Glenorchy to Sir Donald McLean, Inward family correspondence - Archibald John McLean (brother)

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Key Value
Document date 7 February 1874
Document MCLEAN-1007614
Document title 5 pages written 7 Feb 1874 by an unknown author in Glenorchy to Sir Donald McLean
Document type MANUSCRIPT
Attribution MD
Author Unknown
Collection McLean Papers
Date 1874-02-07
Decade 1870s
Destination Unknown
Englishorigin MD
Entityid 81
Format Full Text
Generictitle 5 pages written 7 Feb 1874 by an unknown author 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 0006-0289
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-e81
Year 1874

5 pages written 7 Feb 1874 by an unknown author in Glenorchy to Sir Donald McLean Inward family correspondence - Archibald John McLean (brother)

5 pages written 7 Feb 1874 by an unknown author in Glenorchy to Sir Donald McLean Inward family correspondence - Archibald John McLean (brother)

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