MEMORIAL
OF
JOHN STRACHAN,
MERCHANT IN EDINBURGH,
AUG. 1843.
The Memorial of John Strachan, Merchant in Edinburgh, August 1843.
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I am directed by the Right Honourable Lord Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th inst., requesting that your son, Strachan, may be confirmed in the Office of Civil Servant to the Land Officer at Hong Kong, to which he has been provisionally appointed.
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I am to express to your Lordship Lord Grey's regret that it is not in his power to comply with your request.