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Despatch from London
Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George to Douglas, Sir James 21 September 1854, LAC :, 203.

Abstract
Despatch from London.
Grey writes to Douglas to acknowledge Douglas's previous despatches, and to convey the government’s approval of Douglas's response to the boundary dispute in San Juan Islands, which Grey asks that Douglas "continue to treat" as "British Dominions."
No. 4
Downing Street
21st September 1854
Sir
I have to acknowledge the receipt of Your Despatches No 10 of the 24th of November 1853, No 5 of the 27th February and No 28 of the 17th May last, and in conveying to you the approval of Her Majesty's Government of your proceedings with respect to the SovereigntyManuscript image of the Islands in the Canal de Arro, I have to authorize you to continue to treat those Islands as part of the British Dominions.
I have the honor to be Sir
Your most Obedient Humble Servant
G. Grey

Governor Douglas
&c &c &c
Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George to Douglas, Sir James 21 September 1854, LAC :, 203. 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/V547104.html.

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