Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 1 October 1859, CO 305:12, no. 9775, 291.

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Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 1 October 1859, CO 305:12, no. 9775, 291.

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Public Offices document. Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).

Hammond transmits a copy of a copy of a Confidential despatch on General Scott's appointment…to command the United States Troops on the North West Frontier.

Hammond to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

Foreign Office

1 October 1859

I am directed by Lord John Russell to transmit to you, for the information of His Grace The Duke of Newcastle, a copy of a Confidential despatch from Her Majesty's Minister at Washington relative to the appointment of General Scott to command the United States Troops on the North West Frontier.

I am etc.
E. Hammond

Minutes by CO staff

Duke of Newcastle

HM O 1

This is upon the whole satisfactory.

N 3

Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)

Lyons, British Minister at Washington, to Russell, 15 September 1859, with information that General Scott was appointed by the president to effectively take command from General Harney and place it in the hands of an "officer upon whose discretion and moderation he can entirely rely."