No. 5
Downing Street,
4 July 1859
Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No 154 of the 14th of May containing a Report of the latest intelligence received from British Columbia.
I have to convey to you my thanks for the information which is suppliedbyManuscript image by your Despatch, as well as for your availing yourself of any chance opportunities of communicating to Her Majesty's Government the most recent intelligence respecting a Colony about which so much interest is felt in this Country.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your Most Obedient,
Humble Servant,
Newcastle
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 4 July 1859, LAC :, 188. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/B597105.html.

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