Letter, Captain G Withers on behalf of Lieutenant Colonel George Whitmore
Maker
Withers, G
Production date
13 Oct 1866
Current rights
Public Domain
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Brief Description
Open letter by Captain G Withers, District Adjutant, on behalf of Lieutenant Colonel George Whitmore, following the victorious battle at Omarunui Pa. The letter describes the event, including the number wounded and killed on both sides, and offers thanks to those in command - Captains Kennedy, Fitzgerald, Buchanan, Rhodes, Birch and Gordon, staff officers Captain Hamilton Russell and Mr Agnew Brown, interpreter F E Hamlin, and Captain Withers. Whitmore also thanks the Native Contingent under Chief Yareha (Tareha), Hapuku, Ihaka Whanga (Whaanga), Renata, Kopu and Karaitiana, for the co-operation they and their followers lent the Europeans.
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Production date
13 Oct 1866
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Production period
Media/Materials description
Typewritten on paper
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Measurements
Height x Width: 335 x 214mm
Signature/Inscription
Please return to R H J Hamlin, Thackeray St, Napier
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Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
12 Oct 1866
Current rights
Public Domain
Credit line
gifted by Merilyn Hamlin
Other number(s)
2016/31/1, 94301
Accession number
2016/31/1
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