Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to
Douglas, Sir James 1 April 1859, CO 410:1, 189.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Carnarvon requests information for the French Ambassador on the fate of Jean Baptiste Massenot at Vancouver Island.
[BC] No. 40
Downing Street
1 April 1859
Sir,
I transmit herewith the copy of a note from the French Ambassador
at this Court requesting that he may be furnished with information as to
the fate of a French subject named Jean Baptiste Massenot who is stated
to have arrived at Victoria, Vancouver's Island in June last. I have to
request that you will furnish me with the information required by the
Duc de Malakoff.
Footnotes
- The original form of this correspondence can be viewed here. Please note that the original was marked initially as part of the Vancouver Island collection, and changed thereafter, presumably after receipt, to the British Columbia collection.