<persName ref="prs:head_ew"><surname>Head</surname>, <forename>Edmund</forename> <forename>Walker</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:elliot_tf"><surname>Elliot</surname>, <forename>Thomas</forename> <forename>Frederick</forename></persName> 12 December 1864, CO 60:20, no. 11412, 129. Head addressee Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)

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Head, Edmund Walker to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 12 December 1864, CO 60:20, no. 11412, 129.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/B645MI09.html. CO 60:20 CO 60 20 11412 129 B.C. 1864 received 13 December co_60_20_00131r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Public Offices document. Minutes (2).

Head acknowledges receipt of a notice asking that Dr. Rae be given any aid in his expedition to discover a suitable telegraph route from the Red River Settlement to New Westminster.

Head, Edmund Walker
Hudsons Bay House London
Elliot, Thomas Frederick Added abstract. Inserted revisionDesc.
Head to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary) 11412, CO 60/20, p. 129; received 13 December
Hudsons Bay House London
12 December 1864 Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th ultimo transmitting a copy of a despatch from the Governor of British Columbia enclosing copy of a notice which he had issued calling upon all Magistrates, Constables and other public officers to furnish Dr Rae with any aid which he might require in surveying theroute route for an Electric Telegraph across the Rocky Mountains; and on behalf of myself and my Colleagues in the direction of this Company I have to request that you will convey to the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department our best thanks for his obliging communication.

I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, Edmund Head Governor
Mr Elliot Put by. VJ 13 Dec
Put by. TFE 15/12