Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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England
According to
Parker, John to Peel, Sir Frederick 28 November 1851, CO 305:3, no. 10075, 215
,
England
was a vessel from Liverpool and commanded by a Captain Brown. In 1850, three British deserters from the Hudson's Bay Company traveled to Fort Rupert on the ship
England
.
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Grey, Right Honorable Second Baronet Sir George 11 February 1851, CO 305:3, no. 1322, 360
notes that the deserters were eventually caught and murdered by
natives of the northern part of Vancouver's Island,
who, according to
this document
, had been mistakenly told by George Blenkinsop that there would be a reward for
the white mens[sic] heads.
Mentions of this vessel in the documents
Brown, Captain
Parker, John to Peel, Sir Frederick 28 November 1851, CO 305:3, no. 10075, 215.
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