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         "Pacific"
                  Victoria V.I.
                     Dec 19. 1863
Royal Fisk Esqr
                Dear Sir
                        Yours of the 8th
inst received to day
                  I dont know that
Wish for any thing particular this Steamer
trade will be dull until about Feby
I think Messrs I Marttenstien & Co will be 
Satisfied with last Sales I only make 
My Commission the other charges I 
had to pay and they must bear in 
mind that I am introducing their
flour against the Golden Gate that
has always been the favorite I hope 
they May Continue as I have just got
it Started    Yours &c
                       J A McCrea

Description: This letter to Royal Fisk was written by J.A. McCrea in Victoria, Vancouver Island on December 19, 1863, and sent on the steamer Pacific.  McCrea wrote he expected trade to be dull until February, and thus did not need to order anything.  McCrea discussed the business in flour, indicating he introduced flour from Marttetenstein & Co [Martenstein & Co; Markenstein & Co] against the favoured Golden Gate flour. 

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