Reverend A. David Pringle is one of fifty others who signed a document written to
Sir James Douglas, which discusses the importance of establishing road links into the interior of
British Columbia and gives thanks to the governor for his help thus far in promoting the construction
of existing routes.
W. Elmsley states, in this despatch, that Pringle is his nephew and reveals Pringle's involvement
in forwarding a memorial to the governor. The memorial in question was written by British subjects in
British Columbia, and expresses various grievances with their administration as well as a desire to
separate from the government of
Vancouver Island.