Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Enfield to
Knatchbull-Hugessen, Edward Hugessen 15 February 1871, CO 60:44, no. 1745, 255.
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Enfield to
Knatchbull-Hugessen, Edward Hugessen 15 February 1871, CO 60:44, no. 1745, 255.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (4).
Enfield to Under-Secretary of State
Foreign Office
15 February 1871
Sir,
With reference to my Letter of the 28th ultimo, I am directed
by Earl Granville to transmit to you, to be laid before the Earl
of Kimberley, a Copy of a Despatch from Her Majesty's Minister
at Washington, inclosing Copies of a Correspondence with Mr
Secretary Fish in regard to the Census which has been recently
taken by the United States Authorities in the Island of San
Juan.
I
I am to add that Lord Granville intends approving Sir Edward
Thornton's proceedings.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Herbert
When we hear the result of Mr E. Thornton's rejoinder to Mr Fish, last encl.—copies may be sent to Mr Musgrave.
When we hear the result of Mr E. Thornton's rejoinder to Mr Fish, last encl.—copies may be sent to Mr Musgrave.
Put by till then?
See subsequent F.O. 1900, Feb 22.71.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Edward Thornton, Washington, to Granville, Foreign Office, 23
January 1871, forwarding copies of correspondence with Hamilton
Fish, U.S. Secretary of State.
Note, no date, respecting the joint occupancy of San Juan Island
at the time of the U.S. census.
People in this document
Herbert, Sir Robert George Wyndham
Knatchbull-Hugessen, Edward Hugessen