Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Hammond, Edmund to
Monsell, William 24 January 1870, CO 60:42, no. 917, 163.
Abstract
Hammond, Edmund to
Monsell, William 24 January 1870, CO 60:42, no. 917, 163.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (2).
Hammond to Under-Secretary of State
Foreign Office
24 January 1870
Sir,
With reference to Mr Otway's letter of the 17th instant, I am
directed by the Earl of Clarendon to transmit to you, to be laid
before Earl Granville, a copy of a despatch from Her Majesty's
Minister at Washington inclosing a printed copy of a Resolution
that has been presented to the Senate in regard to the questionof
of the cession of British Columbia to the United States.
of the cession of British Columbia to the United States.
Minutes by CO staff
Sir F. Rogers
The previous letter from the F.O. (721) with Mr Thornton's despatch sending the Memorial is still in circulation.
The previous letter from the F.O. (721) with Mr Thornton's despatch sending the Memorial is still in circulation.
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Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Edward Thornton, Washington, to Clarendon,
11 January 1870, forwarding copies of a resolution presented
to Congress respecting the British Columbia annexation petition.
Newspaper clipping,
Daily Globe,
11 January 1870, containing printed copy of the resolution and
the resulting discussion in Congress.