Head to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)
Hudsons Bay House
November 20 1866
I have the honour to acknowledge with thanks your letter of November 17th—with its enclosures.
The enclosures to Governor Kennedy's despatch are returned herewith.
I beg also for the information of the Earl of Carnarvon to annex to this letter a copy of a resolution this day adopted by this Committee.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedt Servant
Edmund Head
Minutes by CO staff
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Mr Elliot
A Copy of the Resolution adopted by the Company respecting the Sale of Spirituous liquors to the Indians should be sent to Governor Seymour with reference to Desp: of 16 Novr?
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TFE 21/11
At once.
CBA 22/11
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
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"Extract from the Minutes of a Meeting of the Committee of the Hudsons Bay Company held November 20th 1866," containing a resolution condemning the sale of liquor to the natives of Vancouver Island and British Columbia .
Other documents included in the file
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Draft reply, Carnarvon to Seymour, No. 24, 27 November 1866.
Head, Sir Edmund Walker to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 20 November 1866, CO 305:30, no. 11115, 237. 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/V665MI06.html.

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