Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

Griffin, Charles John

Griffin, an HBC employee, was in part responsible for inciting the Pig War on San Juan Island, as it was his pig that was shot for raiding a US farmer's potato patch.

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Mentions of this person in the documents

Ebey, Colonel Isaac Neff
Griffin Bay
Molesworth, Sir William
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 27 February 1854, CO 305:5, no. 4063, 26.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 17 May 1854, CO 305:5, no. 6359, 81.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Grey, Right Honorable Second Baronet Sir George 18 May 1855, CO 305:6, no. 6877, 55.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Russell, Lord John 12 June 1855, CO 305:6, no. 7547, 71.
Molesworth, Sir William to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 13 August 1855, LAC RG7:G8C/1, 269.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Molesworth, Sir William 13 December 1855, CO 305:6, no. 1478, 171.
Smith, William G. to Labouchere, Henry 22 February 1856, CO 305:7, no. 1775, 269.
Shepherd,John to Labouchere, Henry 29 February 1856, CO 305:7, no. 1962, 273.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 5 May 1857, CO 305:8, no. 6331, 53.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 19 February 1859, CO 305:10, no. 3827, 54.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 1 August 1859, CO 305:11, no. 9569, 1.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 18 December 1860, CO 305:15, no. 11771, 504.

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San Juan Island