<persName ref="prs:seymour_f"><surname>Seymour</surname>, <forename>Frederick</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:grenville_r"><surname>Grenville</surname>, <forename>Richard</forename></persName> 26 June 1868, CO 60:32, no. 8831, 532. Seymour addressee Buckingham

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Seymour, Frederick to Grenville, Richard 26 June 1868, CO 60:32, no. 8831, 532.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/B68064PR.html. CO 60:32 CO 60 32 8831 532 Private B.C. 1868 co_60_32_00532r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch to London. Minutes (3), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).

Seymour sends the police magistrate’s report respecting the state of Victoria. Minutes by Rogers and Buckingham discuss the report and how to reply to Seymour. Blake’s minute suggests seeing subsequent Govr Sepe/9906. The included document describes the potential for Fenian violence against British Columbia and how to protect Victoria.

Seymour, Frederick
Victoria
Grenville, Richard Added summary of draft reply. Added abstract. Inserted revisionDesc with @status="unproofed".
Private 8831, CO 60/32, p. 532, received 12 August
Victoria
26 June 1868 My dear Sir Frederic Rogers,

I send you a report respecting the state of Victoria which I have just received from the Police Magistrate. I will send a copy to the Admiral as soon as I can procure one.

Frederick Seymour
Duke of Buckingham There does not appear to be much in this. FR 8/8
Nothing but what GovrGovernor Seymour & the Admiral shdshould deal with. Confidl acknowledge Enclosure—expressing entire confidence in GovrGovernor & the Admiral to take all needful precautions and in the good spirits of the colonists to make common cause against those whose real object is robbery & plunder. B&C 11/8
See subsequent GovrGovernor Sepe/9906. [EB]
A.F. Pemberton, Police Magistrate, 21 June 1868, describing the potential threat of Fenian violence against British Columbia, with recommendations regarding the protection of Victoria.
Draft reply, Buckingham to Seymour, Confidential, 17 August 1868 expressing confidence in Seymour and “the Admiral[’s]” ability to protect British Columbia against any Fenian action on British Columbia.