The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Shillinglaw, John
On February 24, 1848, J. E. Fitzgerald forwarded John Shillinglaw's pamphlet, as seen in this despatch, entitled A Proposal to Form a Company for the Purpose of Working the Coal, and Establishing
a Colony in Vancouver's Island, to the Colonial Office to demonstrate that parties beyond the Hudson's Bay Company
were interested in colonizing Vancouver Island.1