Hammond to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)
18 February 1859
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 14th Instant, I am directed by the Earl of Malmesbury to state to you, for the information of Secretary Sir E.B. Lytton, that His Lordship has no objection to allow Mr Young to quit the service of the Foreign Office in order to beManuscript imagebe appointed Colonial Secretary in British Columbia.
I am etc.
E. Hammond
Minutes by CO staff
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See 1919.
ABd 19 Feb
HM F 21