Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Wolley, Thomas to
Monsell, William 15 August 1870, CO 60:42, no. 8793, 43.
Abstract
Wolley, Thomas to
Monsell, William 15 August 1870, CO 60:42, no. 8793, 43.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).
Wolley to Under-Secretary of State
Admiralty
15 August 1870
Sir,
I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to
transmit to you herewith for the information of the Secretary of
State for the Colonies an extract from a letter dated Esquimalt
10th June 1870 No 117 from Rear Admiral Farquhar reporting
that he had placed HMS Sparrowhawk at the disposal of the
Governor of Vancouver to enable him to visit San Francisco.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Herbert
Civil to say, request they will convey Lord Kimberley's thanks to Admiral Farquhar for having afforded Governor Musgrave this acco[m]modation?
Civil to say, request they will convey Lord Kimberley's thanks to Admiral Farquhar for having afforded Governor Musgrave this acco[m]modation?
CC
16/8
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Extract, Rear Admiral Farquhar to Admiralty, 10 June 1870,
explaining that he had placed the
Sparrowhawk at the
disposal of Musgrave in order that the governor could proceed
to San Francisco to meet his fiancee.
Other documents included in the file
Herbert to Secretary of the Admiralty, 18 August 1870, thanking
Farquhar for transporting Musgrave to San Francisco.