Wodehouse, First Earl of Kimberley John to Merivale, Herman 18 November 1859, CO 305:12, no. 11475, 383.

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Wodehouse, John to Merivale, Herman 18 November 1859, CO 305:12, no. 11475, 383.

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Public Offices document. Minutes (3).

Wodehouse relates, among other things, Lord John Russell's appreciation for a Memorial from Inhabitants of Vancouver's Island, respecting the recent occupation of San Juan by United States Troops, noting that the Memorialists should be told, through Douglas, that Her Majesty's Government deeply regret the unprovoked aggression of General Harney on a Territory of disputed Ownership and that negotiations are underway with the Government of the United States.

Wodehouse to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

Foreign Office

18 November 1859

I have laid before Lord John Russell your letter of the 7th instant, inclosing a Memorial from Inhabitants of Vancouver's Island, respecting the recent occupation of San Juan by United States Troops, and requesting that His Lordship would favour The Duke of Newcastle with his opinion as to the answer which should be returned

returned to it.

I am, in reply, to request that you will state to His Grace that Lord John Russell is of opinion that the Memorialists should be informed through Governor Douglas that Her Majesty's Government highly appreciate their loyalty to Her Majesty's Crown and Person.

That Her Majesty's Government deeply regret the unprovoked aggression of General Harney on

on a Territory of disputed Ownership. That however Her Majesty's Government are in negotiation with the Government of the United States on this subject and wish, without surrendering Her Majesty's Rights, to maintain amicable relations with that Country.