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Opotiki March 26th. 1872. Sir, I have the honor to inform you that a small party of Ngaitarangi from Tauranga are on a visit or Tangi to Maranui and Te Kato. I had been down the coast and returning on the 23rd. I called at Opape Te Ranapia told me that the Ngaitarangi had slept there that night one of the party Marsh Poipoi was recruiting for the King he told Ranapia that the King would have 2000 men in the Field before three months and that his Tribe Ngaitarangi would join and he urged all the Tribes to join to Fight the Europeans, I take the liberty of giving you this information knowing that this Marsh is playing a dangerous game even if idle talk. You will excuse this scrawl the Mail is just going. I am Sir your obt. servt. J.R. Rushton Lieut.V.M. The Honble The Native Minister, Wellington.
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3 pages written 26 Mar 1872 by Captain John R Rushton in Opotiki to Sir Donald McLean in Wellington, Inward letters - Surnames, Rou - Rus

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Key Value
Document date 26 March 1872
Document MCLEAN-1007740
Document title 3 pages written 26 Mar 1872 by Captain John R Rushton in Opotiki to Sir Donald McLean in Wellington
Document type MANUSCRIPT
Attribution ATL
Author 269845/Rushton, John R (Captain), fl 1860s-1870s
Collection McLean Papers
Date 1872-03-26
Decade 1870s
Destination 66393/Wellington
Englishorigin ATL
Entityid 15
Format Full Text
Generictitle 3 pages written 26 Mar 1872 by Captain John R Rushton in Opotiki to Sir Donald McLean in Wellington
Iwihapu Unknown
Language English
Name 269845/Rushton, John R (Captain), fl 1860s-1870s
Origin 91224/Opotiki
Place 66393/Wellington
Recipient 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Section Manuscripts
Series Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Sortorder 0045-0038
Subarea Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcount 22
Tapuhiitemcount 2 14501
Tapuhiitemcount 3 30238
Tapuhiitemdescription Correspondents:David Rough, HMS Inflexible, 1848 (1 letter); William Routledge, Napier, 1868-1870 (2 letters); Kennedy Routledge & Co, Napier, 1871 (1 letter); F C Rowan, Pukearuhe, 1873-1875 (2 letters); Charles N Rowe, New Plymouth, 1848 (1 letter); Charlotte S Ruck, Parnell, 1874-1875, & undated (4 letters); F W Ruck, Napier, 1876 (1 letter).Richard Rundle, Taranaki, 1847 & 1856 (2 letters); J R Rushton, Opotiki and Ohiwa, 1872 & 1876 (2 letters); R Russ, Rangitikei, 1852-1853 (5 letters); A Russell, Clive Ferry, undated letter.
Tapuhiitemgenre 3 230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemname 269845/Rushton, John R (Captain), fl 1860s-1870s
Tapuhiitemname 3 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemref MS-Papers-0032-0550
Tapuhiitemref 2 Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Tapuhiitemref 3 MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemsubjects 3 1446/New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872
Tapuhiitemtitle Inward letters - Surnames, Rou - Rus
Tapuhiitemtitle 2 Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Tapuhiitemtitle 3 McLean Papers
Tapuhireelref MS-COPY-MICRO-0535-087
Teiref ms-1348-178
Year 1872

3 pages written 26 Mar 1872 by Captain John R Rushton in Opotiki to Sir Donald McLean in Wellington Inward letters - Surnames, Rou - Rus

3 pages written 26 Mar 1872 by Captain John R Rushton in Opotiki to Sir Donald McLean in Wellington Inward letters - Surnames, Rou - Rus

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