I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Graces despatch
No 36 of the
20 September last, enclosing copy of a letter you had
caused to be addressed to
M Pembertonin![Manuscript image Manuscript image](https://hcmc.uvic.ca/~coldesp/jpg_scans/jpg_thumbnail/co_305_17/co_305_17_00018v.jpg)
in explanation of his
official position and extending his leave of absence to the month of
January 1861.