Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 19 July 1858, CO 305:9, no. 7094, 382.

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Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 19 July 1858, CO 305:9, no. 7094, 382.

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Public Offices document. Minutes (1).

Hammond informs the CO that the Earl of Malmesbury concurs with Douglas on issuing a proclamation prohibiting all Boats and Vessels, not having a License from the Hudson’s Bay Company, from entering Frazer’s River for the purpose of trade.

Hammond to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

Foreign Office

July 19, 1858

Sir,

I am directed by the Earl of Malmesbury to acquaint you, in reply to your letter of the 15th instant, that His Lordship concurs in the Despatch which Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton proposes to address to the Governor of Vancouvers Island on the subject of a proclamation issued by that officer prohibiting all Boats and Vessels, not having a License from the Hudson's Bay Company, from entering Frazer's River for the purpose of Trade.

I am, Sir,
your most Obedient, Humble
Servant,
E. Hammond

Herman Merivale Esqre