Hudsons Bay House
February 24th 1852
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th Instant.
I remain Sir
Your obedient humble Servant
J.H. Pelly

Frederick Peel Esqre
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Minutes by CO staff
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Mr Merivale
I understood Lord Grey's instructions on 1128 differently from yourself. I fancied he wished to have from Sir J. Pelly a statement of the extent &c of the land claimed by the Company, as well as a report from the Governor on the point, so that the two statements might be subjected to a certain degree of comparison. But I must have been mistaken in my impression for I perceive Lord Grey approved the draft with the addition you made to it, & of which addition Sir J. Pelly avails himself by returning a simple acknowledgment to our Letter.
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Perhaps I misinterpreted Ld Grey: but at all events the Govr is the only party who could furnish this information, I imagine. Put by?
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