Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Shaw-Lefevre, John George
to Anonymous 24 August 1848, CO 305:1, no. 1671, 295.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (3), Marginalia (1).
Lefevre, a parliamentary deputy clerk, signs off on an order to the House of Lords that declares
an address will be presented to "Her Majesty" on the correspondences, regarding the
colonization of Vancouver Island, between the HBC and the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
The minutes see endorsement signatures to the document address; Grey approves that the papers in question be prepared for the House of Lords.
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Die Iovis, 24° die Augusti, 1848.
Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament
Assembled That an humble Address be Presented to Her Majesty to request
that Her Majesty will be graciously pleased to Order that there be laid
before this House,
"Copy of the Correspondence between the
Chairman of the Hudson's
Bay Company and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, relative to the
Colonization of Vancouver's Island."
1Presented to Ho: of Lords. 9 Feb: 1849
Ordered, That the said Address be Presented to Her Majesty by
the Lords with White Staves.
Minutes by CO staff
VJ
26 Augt
A copy of the papers presented to the H. of C. may be prepared for
the H. of Lds I shall not move to have the papers printed for that
house.—
G.
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