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Date: 1862-06-20
By: Duke of Newcastle
Citation: Despatch from the Duke of Newcastle to Lieutenant Governor Arthur Gordon (20 June 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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Downing-street, 20 June 1862.

Sir,

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatches, Nos. 61* and 66 of the 6th and 26th of May, on the subject of the aid which the Imperial Government have offered to afford towards the construction of an Intercolonial Railway.

I have, &c.
(signed) Newcastle