Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Norman, Robert to
Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 27 September 1861, CO 305:18, no. 8650, 428.
Abstract
Norman, Robert to
Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 27 September 1861, CO 305:18, no. 8650, 428.
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (2), Other documents (2).
Norman to Under-Secretary of State
Hucclecote
Gloucester
27th Septr 1861
Gloucester
Sir,
A poor woman in this neighbourhood has a son named George Cook, who,
in 1849 or 1850, was hired by The Hudson's Bay Company, and went in
their service to Vancouver's Island; where she has reason to believe
that he still remains; and therefore I conclude that he is now in the
service of the Government. His mother is in great distress because
she has had no tidings of him for many years, and has at length
applied to me to help her to procure whatever information can be
obtained respecting him.
May I ask you to be so kind as to cause inquiries to be made whether
any such person as George Cook appears on the books as a Government
servant, and how a letter can be sent to him. His present age
appears to be about Thirty-one.
servant, and how a letter can be sent to him. His present age
appears to be about Thirty-one.
The Under Secretary of State
Colonial Office
Colonial Office
Minutes by CO staff
At once.
FR
28/9
Other documents included in the file
Rogers to H.H. Berens, Hudson's Bay Company, 4 October 1861,
forwarding copy of the letter and asking whether they have any
information regarding the whereabouts of George Cook.
