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Despatch from London
Carnarvon, Earl to Douglas, Sir James 25 April 1859, CO 410:1, 200.

Abstract
Despatch from London.
Carnarvon confirms that a “provision” has been made by Congress for the repayment of Douglas’s loan to the Governor of Washington Territory.
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No. 55
Downing Street
25 April 1859
Sir,
With reference to my despatch No. 42 of the 2nd of April, I have the satisfaction to transmitManuscript imagetransmit to you the copy of a despatch from Her Majesty's Minister at Washington with it's enclosure from the American Secretary of State, reporting that provision has been made by Congress for the payment of the advance, with interest, made by you to the Authorities of Washington Territory.
I have etc.
Carnarvon
In the absense of Sir E.B. Lytton
Footnotes
  1. 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.
People in this document

Carnarvon, Earl

Douglas, Sir James

Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer

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Washington City

Washington Territory

Carnarvon, Earl to Douglas, Sir James 25 April 1859, CO 410:1, 200. 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/V597055.html.

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