Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Hammond, Edmund to
Monsell, William 20 December 1870, CO 60:42, no. 13335, 219.
Abstract
Hammond, Edmund to
Monsell, William 20 December 1870, CO 60:42, no. 13335, 219.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (7), Enclosures (untranscribed) (5), Other documents (1).
Hammond to Under-Secretary of State
Foreign Office
December 20, 1870
Sir,
With reference to your letter marked "Confidential" of the 22nd
ultimo, I am directed by Earl Granville to transmit to you, to
be laid before the Earl of Kimberley, the accompanying Copies of
Correspondence with Sir E. Thornton in regard to the San Juan
Census.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Fish explains that before his instructions reached the local
Authorities not to take the Census, it had actually been taken
(June)—of which he was unaware when he sent his instructions
of the 23rd July.
K
Jan 1/71
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Edward Thornton, Washington, to Granville, Foreign Office,
14 November 1870, enclosing copies of his correspondence with
the U.S. Department of State respecting the San Juan census.
Thornton to J.C. Bancroft Davis, U.S. Department of State, 4
November 1870, asking for explanation as to
why the census was carried out on San Juan.
Hamilton Fish, U.S. Department of State, to Thornton, 12 November
1870, enclosing copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Interior.
C.A. Delano, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, to
U.S. Secretary of State, 9 November 1870, explaining
that the census of San Juan had been completed before
instructions were received to cancel it.
Other documents included in the file
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Cox
1. The F.O. do not answer our letter of 22 Novr, but by referring to it wld appear to have no intention of acting on it.
1. The F.O. do not answer our letter of 22 Novr, but by referring to it wld appear to have no intention of acting on it.
2. Shld the Govr have a copy of our letter or be informed of
its substance.
1. I would keep it in the Arrear at present.
2. I think not but I have added a par: for consideration.
People in this document
Herbert, Sir Robert George Wyndham
Leveson-Gower, Granville George