<persName ref="prs:carnarvon"><surname>Carnarvon</surname>, </persName> to <persName ref="prs:douglas_j"><surname>Douglas</surname>, <forename>James</forename></persName> 14 May 1859, CO 398:1, 286. Carnarvon (Parliamentary Under-Secretary) addressee Douglas

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Carnarvon, to Douglas, James 14 May 1859, CO 398:1, 286.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/B597064A.html. CO 398:01 CO 398 1 286 Confidential B.C. 1859 co_398_01_00145r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch from London.

Carnarvon, in the absence of Sir E.B. Lytton, forwards a copy of a despatch from Her Majesty's Minister at Washington, which reports on the Crown’s negotiations to procure the admission of British Shipping to the coasting trade of the United States.

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14 May 1859 Sir,

I transmit to you herewith for your information the copy of a despatch from Her Majesty's Minister at Washington reporting the result of a negociation which has been initiated by Her Majesty's Government with a view to procure the admission of British Shipping to the coasting trade of the United States.

I have etc. Carnarvon In the absence of Sir E.B. Lytton