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<ab>Copy, <persName ref="prs:hammond">Hammond</persName> to the Under Secretary of State for the <orgName ref="org:colonial_office">Colonial Office</orgName>, <date when="1869-05-08">8 May 1869</date>, transmitting copies of a Correspondence upon the subject of "the alleged encroachments of the Agents of the <orgName ref="org:hbc">Hudson's Bay Company</orgName>, on the Territory and Trade of <placeName ref="plc:alaska">Alaska</placeName>."</ab>
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<ab>Copy, <persName ref="prs:johnson_r">Reverdy Johnson</persName> to <persName ref="prs:clarendon">Clarendon</persName>, <date when="1869-02-20">20 February 1869</date>, informing that he received a communication regarding Agents of the <orgName ref="org:hbc">HBC</orgName> encroaching on the territory and trade of <placeName ref="plc:alaska">Alaska</placeName> and bringing the matter to the attention of Her Majesty's Government.</ab>
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<ab>Copy, <persName ref="prs:hammond">Hammond</persName> to <persName ref="prs:northcote_s">Northcote</persName>, <date when="1869-02-22">22 February 1869</date>, transmitting a copy of a letter from <persName ref="prs:johnson_r">Reverdy Johnson</persName>.</ab>
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<ab>Copy, <persName ref="prs:clarendon">Clarendon</persName> to <persName ref="prs:johnson_r">Johnson</persName>, <date when="1869-02-22">22 February 1869</date>, informing that <persName ref="prs:johnson_r">Johnson</persName>'s letter "has been referred to the <orgName ref="org:hbc">Hudson's Bay Company</orgName>."</ab>
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<ab>Copy, <persName ref="prs:thornton_e">Thornton</persName> to <persName ref="prs:clarendon">Clarendon</persName>, <date when="1869-02-13">13 February 1869</date>, enclosing "printed Copies of a Message from the President of the United States to the Senate, transmitting a correspondence with regard to certain encroachments" made by <orgName ref="org:hbc">HBC</orgName> agents.</ab>
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<ab>Copy, <persName ref="prs:northcote_s">Northcote</persName> to <persName ref="prs:hammond">Hammond</persName>, <date when="1869-02-25">25 February 1869</date>, discussing the boundary line between <placeName ref="plc:alaska">Alaska</placeName> and the North West Territory.</ab>
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<ab>Copy, <persName ref="prs:hammond">Hammond</persName> to <persName ref="prs:northcote_s">Northcote</persName>, <date when="1869-03-01">1 March 1869</date>, transmitting a message from the President of the United States to the Senate.</ab>
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