March 4, 1887

My dear Robinson,

I understand that Mrs Robinson is under the impression, which she has not concealed from others, that my brother had mis-stated to her the position of matters when he said that I was not about to be Lieutenant Governor, giving as one of the reasons that I had

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purchased a house of my own in Toronto as a private residence.

Will you be kind enough to say to Mrs Robinson that in this she is mistaken, and that my brother had no knowledge, nor had I myself, of my going to Government House until early in February - on the 3rd or 4th of the month Sir John proposed the appointment to me,

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being the first intimation that I had had. My brother learned the fact from me in the following week when I visited Toronto, with strict injunction that it should go no farther - and this was the first that he knew of it - Up to that time both he and I thought that I was going to reside in Toronto as a private

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citizen.

Yours Very Truly,

A. Campbell

 

The Hon:
R.B. Robinson
Toronto

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