<persName ref="prs:newcastle"><surname>Pelham-Clinton</surname>, <forename>Henry</forename> <forename>Pelham</forename> <forename>Fiennes</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:douglas_j"><surname>Douglas</surname>, <forename>James</forename></persName> 18 May 1860, LAC RG7:G8C/9, 181. Newcastle addressee Douglas

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Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, James 18 May 1860, LAC RG7:G8C/9, 181.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/B607025.html. LAC RG7:G8C/9 LAC RG7 G8C/9 181 25 B.C. 1860 rg7_g8c_09_00118r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch from London. Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).

Newcastle forwards Douglas correspondence from Magee regarding property left by Bernard Rice who was shot at Fort Yale, and requests that Douglas cause the necessary enquiries to be instituted and report to me the result.

Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes
Downing Street
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No. 25 LAC, RG7, G8C/9, p. 181 (CO 398/1, p. 397)
Downing Street
18 May 1860 Sir,

I transmit for your information a copy of a letter which I have received from Mr J.M. Magee accompanied by several documents relative to some property left by Bernard Rice who was shot at Fort Yale in British Columbia, as detailed in your despatch No. 68 of the 8th of January 1859, and I have to request that you will cause the necessary enquiries to be institutedinstituted and report to me the result.

I have the honor to be Sir, Your Obedient Servant Newcastle
Magee to Newcastle, 5 May 1860, describing the difficulties faced by Elizabeth Rice, who was trying to obtain the property left by her son Bernard, and asking for Newcastle's assistance. Magee includes copies of correspondence from Whannell, Musgrave, Williams, and Bernard Rice in his letter.