Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 16 August 1855, CO 305:6, no. 7772, 245.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (1).
Hammond writes to Merivale to convey, through a rather complex bureaucratic chain, Clarendon’s support of Molesworth’s proposed terms—to be transmitted to Douglas—to address conflicts over San Juan Island’s occupation.
A minute from Blackwood directs Ball to forward, presumably, Molesworth’s proposed despatch to Douglas.
Hammond to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Foreign Office
August 16 1855
Sir
I have laid before the Earl of Clarendon your letter of the 15th
Instant enclosing copies of Despatches from the Governor of Vancouver's
Island relative to the aggressions of American Citizens in the Island of
San Juan, and also a Copy of an Instruction which Secretary Sir William
Molesworthproposes
proposes to address to Governor Douglas upon the subject of
the date of the British occupation of the above Island, and I am to
request that you will state to Sir William Molesworth that Lord Clarendon concurs in the terms of his proposed Despatch to Governor Douglas.
proposes to address to Governor Douglas upon the subject of
the date of the British occupation of the above Island, and I am to
request that you will state to Sir William Molesworth that Lord Clarendon concurs in the terms of his proposed Despatch to Governor Douglas.
H. Merivale Esqre