<persName ref="prs:douglas_j"><surname>Douglas</surname>, <forename>James</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:lytton_egeb"><surname>Lytton</surname>, <forename>Edward</forename> <forename>George</forename> <forename>Earle</forename> <forename>Bulwer</forename></persName> 4 July 1859, CO 60:4, no. 8572, 541. Douglas addressee Lytton

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Douglas, James to Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer 4 July 1859, CO 60:4, no. 8572, 541.The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.6, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/B59178.html. CO 60:04 CO 60 4 8572 541 178 B.C. 1859 received 26 August co_60_04_00542r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch to London. Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).

Douglas responds to a request as to the fate of a French subject named Jean Baptiste Massenot supposed to have arrived at Victoria in June last. Douglas encloses a copy of a letter from a Mr Thornton, a legal gentleman, who has discovered some traces of him in the mining districts of Frasers River.

 Douglas, James
Government House Victoria Vancouvers Island
Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer Inserted revisionDesc.Added abstract.
No. 178 8572, CO 60/4, p. 541; received 26 August
Government House Victoria Vancouvers Island
4 July 1859 Sir

I have duly received Your Despatch No 40 of the 1st April, enclosing the Copy of a note from the Duc de Malakoff to Lord Malmesbury requesting informationinformation as to the fate of a French subject named Jean Baptiste Massenot supposed to have arrived at Victoria in June last, and I have the honor to acquaint you in reference thereto, that we have used every exertion to obtain the information desired.

2. I beg herewith to enclose the Copy of a letter, I have just receivedreceived from a Mr Thornton, a legal gentleman, who is conducting the enquiries in reference to M. Massenot and who has discovered some traces of him in the mining districts of Frasers River.

I have etc. James Douglas
Mr Merivale Copy to F.O. in answer to 3166? HT Irving 27 Augt
At once. HM Augt 27
Draft, Colonial Office to E. Hammond, Foreign Office, 3 September 1859, forwarding copy of the despatch and enclosure for information.
W. Thornton to Douglas, 29 June 1859, reporting on the whereabouts of J.B. Massenot.