Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
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Hammond, Edmund to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 16 December 1861, CO 305:18, no. 11285, 115.
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Hammond, Edmund to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 16 December 1861, CO 305:18, no. 11285, 115.
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (2).
Hammond to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
Foreign Office
16 December 1861
I am directed by Earl Russell to transmit to you, to be laid before
His Grace The Duke of Newcastle, a Copy of a Despatch from the United
States Minister at this Court, stating that Mr Allen Francis of
Illinois, has been appointed to be United States Consul atthe
the Port
of Victoria, Vancouver's Island, and I am to request that you will
move His Grace to inform Lord Russell whether there is any objection
to the issue of Her Majesty's Exequatur in favor of Mr Francis.
the Port
of Victoria, Vancouver's Island, and I am to request that you will
move His Grace to inform Lord Russell whether there is any objection
to the issue of Her Majesty's Exequatur in favor of Mr Francis.
Minutes by CO staff
So proceed.
TFE
18/12
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Charles Francis Adams, Legation of the United States, London, to Russell, 14 December 1861, advising of the appointment of Allen Francis as consul at Victoria, and applying for the issue of an exequatur.
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Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes