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WILLIAM THOMPSON [WIREMU TAMIHANA TERAPIPIPI] - Contemporary copies of two letters
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$1,000 - $1,500
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$3,900
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WILLIAM THOMPSON [WIREMU TAMIHANA TERAPIPIPI]
Contemporary copies of two letters sent by Tamihana to Sir George Grey and signed at the end ‘True copy, E. Shortland’.
Bifolium manuscript document 340mm, 3pp of text in Maori, loose later English translation enclosed. Both of the letters with translations are referred to in Evelyn Stoke’s book, ‘Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi on p348. Heading of the first letter p1 reads “Extract from an orig ! letter addressed by William Thompson to His Excellency [Sir George Grey], dated Aug 1, 1863’ The second letter dated, Akuhata 22, 1863, text of both in Maori. Signed at end ‘Naku Tenei Whakaaro, Na Wi Tamihana’ and with ‘True Copy: E. Shortland’. The translation of the first letter reads ‘Sir, This very day I have arrived at Waikato together with my people. This is about my letter sent by me to Minister Browne I caution [or warn] you to remain by yourself [single] when you stay in town lest the “Ringaringa” [religious sect, With Uplifted Hand], kill you indeed, and then flee to their village. Now you know the plan of this Maori tribe.’ Wiremu Tamihana was a leader of the Ngati Haua and is known as the kingmaker for his role in the Maori King Movement. In 1862 Edward Shortland returned to NZ to assist Governor George Grey in implementing a new scheme for management of Maori affairs, he was appointed by him to the post of civil commissioner for Waihou in the Hauraki area, it was Shortland’s task to restore the confidence of the Maori in the British /government. On the 11th of July Governor George Grey issued a proclamation to the ‘chiefs of the Waikato’. It warned that any ‘natives who were in arms’ would forfeit their rights to their lands. The next day British forces crossed the Mangatawhiri stream and entered Waikato territory. The Waikato war had begun.
PROVENANCE: Almost certainly W.N.Searancke, Collection, Henry Hill, by descent to his son Howard Hill, Taupo, George C Peterson Collection, purchased by Gerald Ellott MNZM postal historian, from Mc Arthur & Co, lot 522, Wellington, May 1978.
Contemporary copies of two letters sent by Tamihana to Sir George Grey and signed at the end ‘True copy, E. Shortland’.
Bifolium manuscript document 340mm, 3pp of text in Maori, loose later English translation enclosed. Both of the letters with translations are referred to in Evelyn Stoke’s book, ‘Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi on p348. Heading of the first letter p1 reads “Extract from an orig ! letter addressed by William Thompson to His Excellency [Sir George Grey], dated Aug 1, 1863’ The second letter dated, Akuhata 22, 1863, text of both in Maori. Signed at end ‘Naku Tenei Whakaaro, Na Wi Tamihana’ and with ‘True Copy: E. Shortland’. The translation of the first letter reads ‘Sir, This very day I have arrived at Waikato together with my people. This is about my letter sent by me to Minister Browne I caution [or warn] you to remain by yourself [single] when you stay in town lest the “Ringaringa” [religious sect, With Uplifted Hand], kill you indeed, and then flee to their village. Now you know the plan of this Maori tribe.’ Wiremu Tamihana was a leader of the Ngati Haua and is known as the kingmaker for his role in the Maori King Movement. In 1862 Edward Shortland returned to NZ to assist Governor George Grey in implementing a new scheme for management of Maori affairs, he was appointed by him to the post of civil commissioner for Waihou in the Hauraki area, it was Shortland’s task to restore the confidence of the Maori in the British /government. On the 11th of July Governor George Grey issued a proclamation to the ‘chiefs of the Waikato’. It warned that any ‘natives who were in arms’ would forfeit their rights to their lands. The next day British forces crossed the Mangatawhiri stream and entered Waikato territory. The Waikato war had begun.
PROVENANCE: Almost certainly W.N.Searancke, Collection, Henry Hill, by descent to his son Howard Hill, Taupo, George C Peterson Collection, purchased by Gerald Ellott MNZM postal historian, from Mc Arthur & Co, lot 522, Wellington, May 1978.
