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Correspondence (private letter)
Sinclair, William to Molesworth, Sir William 20 October 1855, CO 305:6, no. 9759, 323.

Abstract
Correspondence (private letter). Minutes (1), Other documents (1).
Sinclair writes to the Secretary of State to request the name and address of the company given a grant of Vancouver Island.
A minute from Blackwood asks that the HBC and their address be given in answer to Sinclair’s question.
The file includes a draft letter from the Colonial Office to Sinclair, which provides the name and address of the HBC in London.
Sinclair to Secretary of State
164 Pollokshaws Road
Glasgow
20th October 1855
Honorable Gentleman
Please let me know the name and ad[d]ress of the Company who have obtained a Government grant of Vancouver, an island on the Western coast of North America and oblige
Your most obedient Servant
William Sinclair

To The Secretary for the Colonies
London
Minutes by CO staff
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Ansr the H. Bay Co—& supply their Address.
ABd 22 Octr
Other documents included in the file
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Draft, Colonial Office to Sinclair, 2 November 1855, giving the name and address of the Hudson's Bay Company.
Sinclair, William to Molesworth, Sir William 20 October 1855, CO 305:6, no. 9759, 323. 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/V556S01.html.

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