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                     Victoria V.I.
                             Nov 4. 1862
R Fisk Esqr
            Dear sir
                     Your fav[i]rs all came 
in a heap.  Oct 17. 18. & 27. The [seyburn]
[or] [Lulu] has not arrived  therefore nothing done
There was a man came up on last Steamer
had 20 Firkins of butter  which he had sold
here by a com agent  presume it must have
been Johnson  but do not Know.
I think I am all right  [Harrison] is rushing
around about the candles and says directly
that Johnson never was his agent and
that he has never [had] [nothing] to do with  
h{obscured by watermark}  Enclosed please find WF&C dft
No 834 for One Thousand Dollars which
place to my Credit  Ship me one hundred
boxes Candle on first ship also - [buy] ten
Gunnies with oat meal in 10u bags.  10 [Do] buck ashes
and ten [Hominy]  ten Firkin butter . ' good.
                              Your Truly
                                       J.A.Mc.Crea

Description: This letter to Royal Fisk was written by J.A. McCrea in Victoria, Vancouver Island on November 4, 1862.  McCrea informs Fisk that two ships (the Seyburn and the Lulu) have not arrived; includes a Wells Fargo and Company draft; and orders candles, oatmeal, buck ashes, hominy, and butter.  McCrea notes that a man arrived on the last steamer with butter sold by a local agent.  There is confusion over who this agent was (Johnson and Harrison are both mentioned).

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