Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Blanshard, Richard to Grey, Henry George 26 December 1849, CO 305:2, no. 894, 45.
I hereby beg to inform you of my arrival at Panama on my way to
Vancouvers Island,
on the 28th of November; I have as yet heard nothing from Admiral Hornby, relative to my further passage, nor have I had any opportunity of communicating
with him, by the Lima Mail Packet,
which sails tomorrow, I intend to forward to the Admiral a copy of the
dispatch dated the 9th August, relating thereto with
a copy of which
I was furnished by the Admiralty previous to leaving England,
a copy of which
I was furnished by the Admiralty previous to leaving England,Minutes by CO staff
Mr Merivale
Admiral Hornby has already stated that he could not afford a passage to Mr Blanshard & Sir J. Pelly has been so informed.
Admiral Hornby has already stated that he could not afford a passage to Mr Blanshard & Sir J. Pelly has been so informed.
2 Feby.
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Draft, Colonial Office to Sir John Pelly, Hudson's Bay Company, 11 February 1850, forwarding a copy of the despatch.
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