Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Bergue, J. B. to Rogers, Frederic 22 March 1864, CO 305:24, no. 2856, 267.
Abstract
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (2), Other documents (1).
On behalf of the
wife of a man named Hatcher,Bergue requests from the Colonial Office
some intelligenceon the whereabouts of the Hatcher as his wife is
apprehensive he is dead.
Bergue to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Can you help me in the following matter.
The wife of a man named Hatcher, who has been for some time a
resident in Vancouver's Island, is very anxious to get some
intelligence respecting him. She received on the 25th of October
last a letter fromhim
him dated the 14th of September, from "Esquimath"
as my informant tells me, but which I presume must be the place I see
on the Map & which is
"Esquimalt" near Victoria. He was then ill, & she is
apprehensive he is dead as she has heard nothing since. I am told
that he was owner of two fishing Hoys and Canoes; was well known to
have officers frequently takingthem
them on shooting parties; and was
occasionally employed at Victoria as [a] cook.
him dated the 14th of September, from "Esquimath"
as my informant tells me, but which I presume must be the place I see
on the Map & which is
"Esquimalt" near Victoria. He was then ill, & she is
apprehensive he is dead as she has heard nothing since. I am told
that he was owner of two fishing Hoys and Canoes; was well known to
have officers frequently takingthem
them on shooting parties; and was
occasionally employed at Victoria as [a] cook.
If you would kindly cause inquiry to be made about the man, I would
feel greatly obliged.
