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Title

Private letter from Lord Grey to Lord Elgin.

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Private Letters exchanged with the Colonial Secretary [textual record] (R977-35-8-E)

Date(s)

3 December 1847

Place

Colonial Office, [London]

Place of creation

England

Extent

pages 100-102
Inventory no.: 4322

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Deaths by the emigrant fever. Lord Grey asks for Elgin's opinion of the disinfecting fluid. Sending official answer to Elgin's despatches regarding emigration. Recommending passing a Provincial Act to check abuses. Colonial politics.

Conditions of access

Textual records

90: Open

Volume
30 File number 2

90: Open

Archival reference no.

R977-1173-3-E

Finding aid no.

MSS0129

Additional information

Text reproduced in Arthur G. Doughty, The Elgin-Grey Papers (Ottawa, 1937), vol. 1, p. 101.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

4014195