Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Romaine, William Govett to Monsell, William 8 December 1868, CO 60:34, no. 13555, 64.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).
Romaine transmits a letter from Hastings describing the preparations made against potential
Fenian Attacks on Vancouver Island.Cox minutes that Seymour has not reported on Fenian actions since September. Rogers’s minute reports the intelligence around Fenian raids, regarding British Columbia, that the Colonial Office has received from the Foreign Office. The included document describes Hastings’s actions following the arrival of a telegram advising of an imminent Fenian attack on British Columbia.
Romaine to Under-Secretary of State
I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to
transmit herewith, for the information of His Grace the Duke of
Buckingham and Chandos, a copy of a letter of the 30th
October No 194 from Rear Admiral The Honble G.F.
Hastings, reporting the steps he has taken in consequence of
Anticipated Fenian Attacks on Vancouver Island.
I am
Minutes by CO staff
Gov. Seymour reported 1st Sept. that he arrived at New
Westminster on a visit—our latest dates from him are the 7
Septr.This
This is the 1st I had heard of this attempt.
This is the 1st I had heard of this attempt.
CC
10/12
We heard from the FO Consul at N. York thro' the F.O. that one
of the intentions of the Fenians was to attack V.C.I. from Sn
Francisco, wh news was telegraphed to Gov. Seymour.
Put by.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Rear Admiral Hastings to Secretary of the Admiralty, 30 October
1868, advising a proposed trip to Mexico and the Sandwich
Islands had been cancelled after receipt of a telegram advising
of an imminent Fenian attack upon the colony, with comments.