Smith writes to Merivale acknowledging the previous day’s letter, as well as confirmation that the “Bag of
Letters” will be forwarded to Douglas on the next HBC vessel bound for Vancouver Island.
CO staff specify that “The "documents" are the “Books you thought [would] be of use
to the Governor in establishing rules for the Supreme Court.”
Smith, William G.
to Merivale, Herman 16 May 1856, CO 305:7, no. 4325, 355. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.2, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria,
B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/V565MI16.html.
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