of Mr. Campbell's employ in the public Service,
by which he was invited by Sir John Davis, and the understanding on which he accepted it,
I have to authorise you to issue to Mr Campbell the amount of his Claim.
Shawet.
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Houghton 17th June, 1848.
I have the honour to request that you will be pleased to lay this letter with the enclosures before His Excellency the Governor for his decision.
In consequence of a Communication from my Uncle Lieutenant General, the late Sir Colin Campbell, then Governor of Ceylon, forwarding to me the correspondence between Sir John Davis and himself (a true Copy of which is herewith enclosed) I left Calcutta where I was in fair practice - to come to the aid and assistance of Her Majesty's Government in this Colony upon the understanding that "I was to receive £750 per annum as Acting Attorney.
The Honorable Major Maine, Colonial Secretary,
etc.
etc.
as an advertisement several