With reference to my letter of the 15th Instant, I am directed
by Earl Granville to transmit to you for the information of the
Earl of Kimberley, copies of a despatch and of its inclosures
from Sir E. Thornton, in regard to the Census recently taken in
the Island of San Juan by the United States authorities.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant Enfield
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Edward Thornton, Washington, to Granville, Foreign Office, 6
February 1871, forwarding copies of his further correspondence with
Hamilton Fish, U.S. Secretary of State, respecting the wording
of a note to be appended to the U.S. census report.
Fish to Thornton, 26 January 1871, agreeing to only the first
half of an insertion suggested by Thornton.
Thornton to Fish, 27 January 1871, accepting, with one point of
clarification, Fish's proposed version of the note.
Fish to Thornton, 31 January 1871, submitting a draft of the
modified note for information.
Note, no date, respecting the joint occupation of San Juan Island
at the time of the U.S. census.