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James De Pontius - Maungatapu murders

James de Pontius, the American miner killed at Maungatapu on 13 June 1866.

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    Maungatapu murders, 1866

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Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PA2-0590
Photographer: William Davis
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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