Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Martin, Robert Montgomery
to Merivale, Herman 14 September 1848, CO 305:1, no. 1784, 575.
Abstract
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (2), Other documents (1), Marginalia (2).
Martin writes in response to a request from Merivale, as ordered by Grey, to specify which Colonial Office documents Martin wishes to peruse, on the general subject of the HBC's territorial status on Vancouver Island.
The minutes allow one of Martin's document requests, as the rest are implicated in ongoing HBC negotiations.
This file encloses a draft letter from Merivale to Martin that forwards copies of some papers on the subject of Vancouver Island.
In reply to your letter of the 13th Inst I beg to state that the points on which I seek information refer to the territories
& proceedings of the Hudson Bay Compy, — & to the topography, resources &
climate of Vancouver's island.
2Ans"d 16 Sept / 48
2nd Colonel Crofton's report
My object being the elucidation of truth, I trust Earl Grey will
permit me to refer to the above mentioned documents, or, to any others of a public nature bearing on the same subject.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Merivale
Would you like to see yrself that the papers specified by Mr Martin can be properly submitted to him.
Would you like to see yrself that the papers specified by Mr Martin can be properly submitted to him.
ABd
15/9.
Other documents included in the file
Draft, Merivale to Martin, 16 September 1848, forwarding copies of
some papers on the subject of Vancouver Island.
Footnotes
- This addressee information appears at the foot of the first page of the despatch.
- This text runs perpendicular to main body text; see image scan.
People in this document
Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine James
Crofton, Lieutenant Colonel John