Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Grenville, Richard to Seymour, Governor Frederick 15 August 1868, NAC :, 305.
Abstract
Grenville, Richard to Seymour, Governor Frederick 15 August 1868, NAC :, 305.
Despatch from London.
Other documents (3).
No. 62
15 August 1868
Sir,
With reference to previous correspondence on the subject of the
Mail service between this country and British Columbia, I transmit to
you a copy of a letter which I have received from the Postmaster General
relating to an alleged arrangement with the PostOffice
Office authorities of
the United States and of the answer which I have caused to be returned
to that letter.
Office authorities of
the United States and of the answer which I have caused to be returned
to that letter.
Other documents included in the file
Copy, Scudamore to Rogers, 10 August 1868, redarding an arrangement made at the request of the Government of British Columbia for the transmission of mail via Portland instead of San Francisco.
Copy, Blackfan to the Postmaster General, 23 July 1868, stating that closed mail could be sent to the colonies via Portland instead of San Francisco.
Copy, Rogers to the Secretary General of the Post Office, 15 August 1868, stating that a reply to his despatch regarding the postal routes had not yet been
recieved.
People in this document
Blackfan, Chief Clerk to U.S. Postmaster General Joseph H.