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Date: 1862-10-13
By: Arthur Gordon
Citation: Despatch from Lieutenant Governor Arthur Gordon to the Duke of Newcastle (13 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, 13 October 1862.

My Lord Duke,

I HAVE the honour to inform your Grace that I have directed the Provincial Secretary, the Honourable S. L. Tilley, to proceed to England immediately, to confer with the Imperial Government on the subject of the proposed Intercolonial Railway, and that I have accordingly granted him leave of absence from the Province for two months.

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