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Wellington Nov. 18 /67 My dear Maclean I am sorry not to get any letter accepting the East Coast job, the more so as Whitmore thinks you are in some way displeased either at the proposal or its manner I hope he is mistaken. At any rate I feel almost certain that you understand that personally I have no desire but to deal with the most perfect respect for yourself and your many public services; that I have no desire to filch any tittle of your credit and honor in the matter for myself or the Government. The true honor of a Government is to know who can do the country's work and to enlist their abilities and influence for the country. It would be unreasonable to look for a brilliant settlement of these E. Coast affairs when so much has been said and done to impair the prestige of government and to prevent the Maori population from honest cooperation. If you can make the arrangement pay the Expenses and secure some sort of position for the rebels who return you will have done all I am sanguine enough to ask or look for. Most people would fail in even that and if you succeed beyond that it will be so much solid gain. The West Coast is going on very well. More and the Ngatimaniapo to have returned home to the satisfaction of all concerned. There is no danger in travelling anywhere, and I think we shall have peaceful occupation of the territory. The late Hauhau are miserably poor. I hoped to have a meeting with them on my journey through last week, but they were owing to their want of clothing and food to return our hospitality. They propose a general at Ngamotu in December. As to money payments on the East Coast the best way where they are required will be to make them out of the net proceeds of salds of land ceded. You know we have absolutely no funds available except on those terms. I remain my dear Maclean Yours faithfully J. C. Richmond His Honor D. Maclean
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2 pages written 18 Nov 1867 by James Crowe Richmond in Wellington to Sir Donald McLean, Inward letters - J C Richmond

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Key Value
Document date 18 November 1867
Document MCLEAN-1019363
Document title 2 pages written 18 Nov 1867 by James Crowe Richmond in Wellington to Sir Donald McLean
Document type MANUSCRIPT
Attribution ATL
Author 27464/Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898
Collection McLean Papers
Date 1867-11-18
Decade 1860s
Destination Unknown
Englishorigin ATL
Entityid 10
Format Full Text
Generictitle 2 pages written 18 Nov 1867 by James Crowe Richmond in Wellington to Sir Donald McLean
Iwihapu Unknown
Language English
Name 27464/Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898
Origin 66393/Wellington
Place 66393/Wellington
Recipient 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Section Manuscripts
Series Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Sortorder 0186-0027
Subarea Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcount 35
Tapuhiitemcount 2 14501
Tapuhiitemcount 3 30238
Tapuhiitemdescription 33 letters written from Wellington, Turanganui, Ngatapa, Napier and Nelson, 1865-1870, & undated. Includes letter from Richmond to Ormond, Oct 1868; McLean to Richmond, 7 Jan 1869. Also piece-level inventory.
Tapuhiitemgenre 3 230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemname 27464/Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898
Tapuhiitemname 3 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemref MS-Papers-0032-0534
Tapuhiitemref 2 Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Tapuhiitemref 3 MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemsubjects 3 1446/New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872
Tapuhiitemtitle Inward letters - J C Richmond
Tapuhiitemtitle 2 Series 1 Inward letters (English)
Tapuhiitemtitle 3 McLean Papers
Tapuhireelref MS-COPY-MICRO-0535-085
Teipb 1
Teiref ms-1333-232
Year 1867

2 pages written 18 Nov 1867 by James Crowe Richmond in Wellington to Sir Donald McLean Inward letters - J C Richmond

2 pages written 18 Nov 1867 by James Crowe Richmond in Wellington to Sir Donald McLean Inward letters - J C Richmond

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