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Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 8 March 1860, CO 305:15, no. 2535, 148.

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Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 8 March 1860, CO 305:15, no. 2535, 148.
Public Offices document. Minutes (2).
Hammond to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Foreign Office
8 March 1860
I have laid before Lord John Russell your Letter of the 2d Instant, suggesting with reference to the observations contained in the Despatch from Governor Douglas, of which a Copy is inclosed, whether it would not be advisable that the Civil OfficersManuscript imageOfficers on both sides should be withdrawn from the Island of San Juan, which should be placed under Martial Law.
I am to state to you, in reply, for the information of His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, that Lord John Russell questions the expediency of disturbing the present arrangement; 100 marines will soon be establishedManuscript imageestablished on the Island, and the British Magistrate will be protected.
I am etc.
E. Hammond
Minutes by CO staff
Manuscript image
Mr Merivale
VJ 9 March
Put by?
HM Mh 9
CF 10
N 10
Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 8 March 1860, CO 305:15, no. 2535, 148. 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/V605FO07.html.

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