Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
410/1, p. 187
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Lytton furnishes Douglas with a further despatch from the British minister at Washington on the subject of Douglas’s 1856 loan to Washington Territory authorities.
BC No. 59
29 December 1858
With reference to previous correspondence respecting the
repayment of a sum of money advanced by you in 1856 to the
Authorities of Washington Territory, I transmit for your
information Copy of a further Despatch from Her Majesty's Minister
at Washington enclosing a Copy of the answer which he has
received
from the United States Secretary of State on the subject of this
claim.
received
from the United States Secretary of State on the subject of this
claim.
I have etc.