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Turanganui, Nov. 27-11-1868. My dear McLean, The Gun etc. is landed. A circumstance has occurred vastly annoying to me -- as it shows the enemy are more alert than our fellows at the front. You will see by my official that the party sent by the enemy was small but their boldness is only equalled by their countrymen on the West Coast. My ory for Europeans I hope you will attend to, as I find it impossible to get the Maories to attend strictly to my instructions. Every man that I could with safety spare have gone to the front -- not by my orders as I had ordered them as a Guard on Commissariat Stores and Ammunition being conveyed fo the front, but these men have actually been pressed -- compelled, to stay up with the main body. It is only with Europeans I can keep up the proper Escort and Guard and these unfortunately are too few to allow me to represent them in the field. A company of Militia or Volunteers if you are agreeable to part with them will do good service on the duty I want them for. The party of Hou Hous who came down this morning numbered only 20 mounted men and ought to have been driven back by our fellows. Necessity I am certain compelled this move on the enemies part -- they will not get another chance of the kind. kind. Dont be too anxious about us -- our front is all right. Kind regards, from yours ever truly, Chas. Westrup. This slight affair is one result of Ngatiporou not starting at once as you ordered them. C.W.
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3 pages written 27 Nov 1868 by Charles Westrup in Turanganui to Sir Donald McLean, Inward letters - Charles Westrup

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Key Value
Document date 27 November 1868
Document MCLEAN-1018023
Document title 3 pages written 27 Nov 1868 by Charles Westrup in Turanganui to Sir Donald McLean
Document type MANUSCRIPT
Attribution ATL
Author 469678/Westrup, Charles, d 1903
Collection McLean Papers
Date 1868-11-27
Decade 1860s
Destination Unknown
Englishorigin ATL
Entityid 11
Format Full Text
Generictitle 3 pages written 27 Nov 1868 by Charles Westrup in Turanganui to Sir Donald McLean
Iwihapu Unknown
Language English
Name 469678/Westrup, Charles, d 1903
Origin 464741/Turanganui
Place 464741/Turanganui
Recipient 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Section Manuscripts
Series Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Sortorder 0701-0026
Subarea Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcount 33
Tapuhiitemcount 2 14501
Tapuhiitemcount 3 30238
Tapuhiitemdescription 33 letters written from Poverty Bay, Hawke's Bay and Auckland, 1865-1871 & undated. Includes piece-level inventory for letters accessioned pre-1969
Tapuhiitemgenre 3 230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemname 469678/Westrup, Charles, d 1903
Tapuhiitemname 3 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemref MS-Papers-0032-0630
Tapuhiitemref 2 Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Tapuhiitemref 3 MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemsubjects 3 1446/New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872
Tapuhiitemtitle Inward letters - Charles Westrup
Tapuhiitemtitle 2 Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Tapuhiitemtitle 3 McLean Papers
Tapuhireelref MS-COPY-MICRO-0535-096
Teiref ms-1302-083
Year 1868

3 pages written 27 Nov 1868 by Charles Westrup in Turanganui to Sir Donald McLean Inward letters - Charles Westrup

3 pages written 27 Nov 1868 by Charles Westrup in Turanganui to Sir Donald McLean Inward letters - Charles Westrup

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