Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 27 January 1858, CO 305:9, no. 882, 369.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2).
Hammond concurs, on behalf of the Foreign Office, with the plan to block any attempted emigration
of Mormons from Utah into British territory in the Pacific Northwest.
The minutes forward the despatch to Douglas and note that the rumours of a Mormon attempt at colonisation in the region “seem
to acquire more consistency.”
Hammond to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Foreign Office
January 27, 1858
Sir,
I have laid before the Earl of Clarendon your Letter of the
22nd instant inclosing the Draft of a Despatch which Mr Secretary Labouchere proposed to address to the Governor of
Vancouver's Island instructing him as to the course to be
pursued in the event of an immigration of the Mormons from the
Territory of Utah into British Territory on the North WestCoast
Coast of America; and I am directed by His Lordship to request
that you will inform Mr Labouchere that he concurs in the terms
of the proposed despatch to Governor Douglas.
Coast of America; and I am directed by His Lordship to request
that you will inform Mr Labouchere that he concurs in the terms
of the proposed despatch to Governor Douglas.
H. Merivale Esqr.
&c &c
&c &c
Minutes by CO staff
Yes? (These rumours seem to acquire more consistency.)
HM
Jan 29