<persName ref="prs:shepherd"><surname>Shepherd</surname>,<!--<roleName>HBC Governor</roleName>--><!-- GL, Not sure if HBC Gov role is really needed, it is explained in the bio and I don't think other HBC governors have the roleName --><forename>John</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:lytton_egeb"><surname>Lytton</surname>, <forename>Edward</forename> <forename>George</forename> <forename>Earle</forename> <forename>Bulwer</forename></persName> June 1858, CO 6:26, no. 6305, 443. Shepherd addressee Lytton

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Shepherd,John to Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer June 1858, CO 6:26, no. 6305, 443.The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.6, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/B585HB06.html. CO 6:26 CO 6 26 6305 443 B.C. 1858 registered 2 July 1858 co_6_26_00448r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Public Offices document. Minutes (1).

Shepherd acknowledges the receipt of Douglas’s despatch on the Fraser River gold mines.

The minutes Put by.

 Shepherd,John
Hudson's Bay House
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Shepherd to Lytton 6305, CO 6/26, p. 443; received 2 July 1858
Hudson's Bay House
July 1858 Sir

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Mr Merivale's letter of the 29th Ultimo, transmitting, by your direction, a copy of a Despatch received from Governor Douglas on the subject of the gold field on Fraser's River, and of the answer which you proposed to return thereto, and I beg, on the part of the Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company, to express their thanks for this communication.

I have the honour to be Sir, Your obedt humble Servant John Shepherd GovrGovernor The Right HonbleHonourable Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart &c &c &c Colonial Office
Put by. ABd. 2 July. HM Jy 2 C. July 3