Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Smith, William G.
to Labouchere, Henry 22 February 1856, CO 305:7, no. 1775, 269.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (3), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).
Smith forwards to Labouchere a letter from “the Deputy Governor of this Company to the
Earl of Clarendon.”
The minutes express the Colonial Office’s hesitation to “put by” the letter and they
opt to await a reply containing more information.
The file contains two letters, one from Griffin to Douglas, the other from Douglas to Stevens, both regarding an attack on the British settlement by a party of Americans on San Juan Island.
Smith to Labouchere
Hudsons Bay House
22nd February 1856
Sir,
By Mr Ellice's desire I send you a copy of a letter from the
Deputy Governor of this Company to the Earl of Clarendon dated Hudson's
Bay House 24th July 1855.
Minutes by CO staff
See 1478 & draft letter thereon just sent. Put by?
HM
F 23
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
John Shepherd, Deputy Governor, Hudson's Bay Company, to
[Clarendon, Foreign Office], 24 July 1855, enclosing letters from Charles Griffin to Douglas and Douglas to Isaac I. Stevens (not in file),
discussing the attack on the Hudson's Bay Company settlement on San Juan Island by a party of Americans, and emphasizing that Griffin is a clerk in the employ of the Company and that the sheep referred to belonged to
the
Company and not Griffin.