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Despatch from London
Labouchere, Henry to Douglas, Sir James 8 April 1857, LAC :, 514.

Abstract
Despatch from London.
Labouchere informs Douglas that he “approve[s] the course” Douglas took in “declining to allow” eighty-seven First Nations prisoners to be “landed” by the American Navy on Vancouver Island.
No. 8
Downing Street,
8th April 1857
Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No 31 of the 26th of November reporting the arrival of the officer commanding the United States' Naval Forces in Puget's Sound, for the purpose of landing eighty seven Indian Prisoners, and I have to approve the course you adopted on thisManuscript image occasion by declining to allow these men to be landed in the Colony.
I have the honor to be Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant
H. Labouchere

Governor Douglas
&c &c &c
Vancouver's Island
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Douglas, Sir James

Labouchere, Henry

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Labouchere, Henry to Douglas, Sir James 8 April 1857, LAC :, 514. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/V577008.html.

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