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Ley, J. H. to Anonymous 7 August 1848, CO 305:1, no. 1549, 287.

Abstract
Public Offices document. Minutes (1), Marginalia (1).
A printed resolution, signed by Ley, to the House of Commons requests "Her Majesty" to "give directions" on the colonization of Vancouver Island, after review of the correspondence between the HBC and Secretary of State for the Colonies.
In the minutes, Blackwood confirms that the documents in question have been "laid before the House."
H of Commons
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1549 N. America
Vancouvers


House of Commons.

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Lunæ, 7° die Augusti, 1848.
Resolved,
That an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give directions, that there be laid before this House, a Copy of Correspondence between the Chairman of the Hudson's Bay Company, and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, relative to the Colonization of Vancouver's Island.
J.H. Ley
G.I. Dom Corr
Minutes by CO staff
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Mr Merivale
These Papers have been laid before the House, pro forma: and I expect that they will be delivered to Members to day.
ABd 10/8.
HM Augt 10.
Aug 12 BH
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Ley, J. H. to Anonymous 7 August 1848, CO 305:1, no. 1549, 287. 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/V485PA01.html.

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