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Title

Private letter from Lord Elgin to Sir John Packington (copy)

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Item (linked) part of

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

Date(s)

24 December 1852

Place

Quebec

Place of creation

Québec (Province)

Extent

pages 84-85
Inventory no.: 4322

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Draft of a convention with the United States received confidentially by Francis Hincks from John Fiennes Crampton. Proposal to secure navigation of the canals of the United States by British subjects. Reciprocity negotiations.

Conditions of access

Textual records

90: Open

Volume
35 File number 2

90: Open

Archival reference no.

R977-1293-2-E

Finding aid no.

MSS0129

Additional information

Selective transcription by T. Walrond in R977, vol. 37, pp. 896-897.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

4014555