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Despatch from London
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 30 November 1859, LAC :, 135.

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Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 30 November 1859, LAC :, 135.
Despatch from London.
No. 22
Downing Street
30 November 1859
Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 48 of the 14th of August last inclosing a memorial from Inhabitants of Vancouver Island respecting the recent occupation of San Juan by United States Troops.
I request that you will informManuscript imageinform the Memorialists that Her Majesty's Government highly appreciate their loyalty to Her Majesty's Crown and Person.
That Her Majesty's Government deeply regret the unprovoked aggression of General Harney on a territory of disputed ownership, that they are in negotiation, however, with the Government of the UnitedManuscript imageUnited States on this subject, and wish, without surrendering Her Majesty's Rights, to maintain amicable relations with that Country.
I have etc.
Newcastle
Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes to Douglas, Sir James 30 November 1859, LAC :, 135. 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/V597122.html.

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