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I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's letter of the 14th instant, and to enclose a copy of a despatch No. 12 which I have addressed to the Earl of Aberdeen, K: T:
I regret to have caused Your Excellency any annoyance, and to assure you of my readiness to do everything in support of my opinion regarding the cession of Hongkong, that has unavoidably caused some controversy.
The climate of Hongkong...
I have the honor to be,
Signed) Henry Pottinger
H. M's Plenipotentiary
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Michard Wrotham
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Lieut.
First General Sir Hugh Gough 4. 6. 2
Seam Tugrak "Queen"
Chusan 29th October 1842.
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Signed) Henry Pottinger
A. M's Plenipotentiary
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Michard Wrotham
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