​Letter to the Custodian from Shotaro Yamakami

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Scanned black-and-white microfilm of a typewritten copy of a letter addressed to the government from Shotaro Yamakami regarding dispossession of their property. Handwritten annotations on top of page.
House #206,
Rosebery, British Columbia
​The Custodian,
506 Royal Bank Building,
Vancouver, British Columbia

Mrs. Harrop. [handwritten]
For Mr. Shears File [handwritten]

House #206,
Roseberry, B. C.
February 3, 1945.
Reed [illegible]/45 [handwritten]

The Custodian,
506 Royal Bank Building,
Vancouver, B. C.

Dear Sir:

You have informed me that my property known as Dry Cleaning and Dressmaking Equipment at 706 West Broadway has been sold.

As you are aware, I have never consented to the sale nor ratified it but have at all times and do now object to the sale of my said property. Because, however, I am in destitute circumstances, and because I am now deprived of the income from my said property which I formerly enjoyed, I have to request from you, the proceeds of the sale of the property in order to maintain myself and my family but in doing so I wish it made clear that it is only being accepted under protest and without prejudice to any rights which I have or may have arising out of what I consider the wrongful sale and disposition of my property.

Yours truly,

"Shotaro Yamakami"