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Despatch from London
Grey, George to Douglas, James 16 January 1855, LAC RG7:G8C/1, 229.

Abstract
Despatch from London. Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).
Grey writes to Douglas to forward a copy of a letter from Mills, for observation and report on Mills’s allegations of abuse by authorities on Vancouver Island.
The file includes Mills’s letter, which describes his incarceration in Victoria and his mistreatment by colonial authorities.
No. 9
Downing Street,
16th January 1855
Sir,
I transmit for your information the copy of a letter from Mr John Powell Mills, Master of the Barque "Colinda," complaining of certain proceedings taken against him by the Authorities in Vancouver's Island on the occasion of his visiting the settlement in 1853, and IhaveManuscript image have to instruct you to cause enquiries to be made into the facts of the case, and to furnish me with a report on the allegations contained in this letter.
I have the honor to be Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant
G. Grey

Governor Douglas
&c &c &c
Vancouvers Island
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Manuscript image
Mills to Grey, 9 January 1855, describing his arrest and detainment in Victoria and complaining of mistreatment by the colonial authorities.
People in this document

Douglas, James

Grey, George

Mills, Powell

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Colinda

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Vancouver Island

Victoria