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Despatch from London
Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, James 17 June 1862, NAC RG7:G8C/10, 190.

Abstract
Despatch from London. Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).
Newcastle forwards a letter written by Scott on behalf of Alice Duffy asking about land owned in British Columbia by her son, Royal Engineer James Duffy, and asks that Douglas investigate and report back.
No. 132
17 June 1862
I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of a letter from Mr. Alexander Scott relative to some landed property stated to have been left by James Duffy of the Royal Engineers, who died in British Columbia on the 9th of January 1861, and I have to request that you will cause enquiry to be made respecting this land, and report to metheManuscript image the result.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient Servant
Newcastle
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Manuscript image
Copy, Scott to "Secretary of the Colonial [Department]," 12 June 1862, on Alice Duffy's claim to her son James Duffy's property and effects, after he "was frozen to death in British Columbia."