Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Hammond, Edmund to
Adderley, C. B. 16 December 1867, CO 60:30, no. 12278, 187.
Abstract
Hammond, Edmund to
Adderley, C. B. 16 December 1867, CO 60:30, no. 12278, 187.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (3).
Hammond to Under-Secretary of State
Foreign Office
December 16. 1867.
Sir,
I am directed by Lord Stanley to transmit to you for the
information of His Grace The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos copies
of two despatches from Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at
Washington, the one relative to a resolution introduced into The
House of Representatives in that city, condemnatory of any further
purchase of territory by the UnitedStates
States, and the other announcing
the introduction of a resolution in the same House in favour of the
purchase of British Columbia and Vancouvers Island.
States, and the other announcing
the introduction of a resolution in the same House in favour of the
purchase of British Columbia and Vancouvers Island.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
F.C. Ford to Lord Stanley, 2 December 1867, forwarding copy of
a resolution offered in the House of Representatives by the member
from Wisconsin.
Newspaper clipping, unnamed, no date, reporting the debate and
resolution condemning further territorial purchases by the United States.
Ford to Stanley, 4 December 1867, announcing the introduction of
a resolution into the House of Representatives promoting the purchase
and annexation of British Columbia.