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Ko te wāhanga nui atu o te kohikohinga, ko tētahi raupapa reta reo Ingarihi, ka 14,500 pea, he mea tuku ki a McLean mai i ngā kaituhi tini, he mea matawhāiti, matawhānui hoki. Ki taua mana nui anō ko ngā reta e 3000 pea mai i ngā kaituhi Māori, ko ia nei te kohinga nui atu o ngā reta reo Māori mai i te rautau tekau mā iwa kei te kitea tonutia i tēnei wa.
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The largest component of the collection is the group of approximately 14,500 English-language letters McLean received from many hundreds of correspondents, both public and private. Just as significant are the almost 3000 letters from Māori correspondents, which are the largest surviving series of nineteenth-century Māori letters. There are sequences of outwards letters, a large body of working papers relating to McLean's various political positions, diaries, maps, family letters and other papers.
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