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Date: 1862-10-04
By: Arthur Gordon
Citation: Despatch from Lieutenant Governor Arthur Gordon to the Duke of Newcastle (4 October 1862) in UK, HC, Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 30 June 1864; for Copy of Correspondence between any of the North American Provinces and the Imperial Government, relating to their Application for Assistance in raising a Loan for an International Railway (1864).
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Fredericton, 4 October 1862.

My Lord Duke,

YOUR GRACE bas already been informed by the Governor General of Canada of the result. of the Conference at Quebec of the Delegates of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, on the subject of the completion of an Intercolonial Railway.

It is, however, my duty formally to transmit to your Grace a copy of the report presented to me by the Delegates from this Province, which accordingly [ have now the honour to enclose.

I have, &c.
(signed) Arthur H. Gordon.