I have duly received your Despatch N 59 of the
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December last, forwarding to me Copy of a Despatch from Her
Majesty's Minister at
Washington upon the subject of the
loan made by me as Governor of
Vancouver's IslandIsland, from my
private purse, on the urgent appeal of
Governor Stevens,
to assist the Citizens of
Washington Territory in their
necessities in the year 1856, and I trust through your kind
exertions the money will ultimately be repaid.