Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Sinclair, William to Molesworth, William 20 October 1855, CO 305:6, no. 9759, 323.
Abstract
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (1), Other documents (1).
Sinclair writes to the Secretary of State to request the name and address of the company given
a grant of Vancouver Island.
A minute from Blackwood asks that the HBC and their address be given in answer to Sinclair’s question.
The file includes a draft letter from the Colonial Office to Sinclair, which provides the name and address of the HBC in London.
Sinclair to Secretary of State
Please let me know the name and ad[d]ress of the Company who have
obtained a Government grant of Vancouver, an island on the Western coast
of North America and oblige
To The Secretary for the Colonies
London
London
Minutes by CO staff
Other documents included in the file
Draft, Colonial Office to Sinclair, 2 November 1855, giving the name and address of the Hudson's Bay Company.