Barr to Lytton
Leeds, 21 Cheapside,
Briggate,
July 23rd 1858
Sir,
I beg most respectfully to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday informing me that my application for employment in the New Settlement in North Western America will be noted and considered, for which I am much obliged.
Respectfully soliciting your kind influence,
Your Most obedient Servant,
Robert Barr.
To Under Secretary of State
Colonial Office,
Downing Street.
Minutes by CO staff
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Put by.
ABd 24 July C. July 24
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
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Printed copy of testimonials from J.S. Helmcken, John Kennedy, James Cooper, Edward E. Langford, and John Tod.