The Colonial Despatches: Barnston, John G.

Barnston, John G.

According to this despatch by Douglas, from 1861, Barnston is another respectable traveller from Carriboo, there to mine for gold, and who knew, reports Douglas, of one company of four men working on Antler Creek, who each receive 1000 dollars a week from their mining claim.

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Mentions of this person in the documents

Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 15 April 1862, CO 60:13, no. 5571, 149.
Carnarvon, Earl to Douglas, Sir James 29 April 1859, LAC :, 326.
Barnston, John G. to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 4 April 1859, CO 305:13, no. 4173, 229.
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 6 July 1859, CO 60:4, no. 8581, 588.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 4 June 1861, CO 60:10, no. 6744, 264.
Carnarvon, Earl to Douglas, Sir James 29 April 1859, CO 410:1, 198.

People in this document

Douglas, Sir James

Places in this document

Antler Creek

Cariboo Region

The Colonial Despatches Team. Barnston, John G.. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/barnston.html.

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Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

Barnston, John G.