<persName ref="prs:grey_g"><surname>Grey</surname>, <forename>George</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:douglas_j"><surname>Douglas</surname>, <forename>James</forename></persName> 16 January 1855, LAC RG7:G8C/1, 229. Grey, Sir George addressee Douglas

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Grey, George to Douglas, James 16 January 1855, LAC RG7:G8C/1, 229.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/V557009.html. LAC RG7:G8C/1 LAC RG7 G8C/1 229 9 V.I. 1855 received 7 May 1855 rg7_g8c_01_00130r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch from London. Enclosures (untranscribed) (1).

Grey writes to Douglas to forward a copy of a letter from Mills, for observation and report on Mills’s allegations of abuse by authorities on Vancouver Island.

The file includes Mills’s letter, which describes his incarceration in Victoria and his mistreatment by colonial authorities.

 Grey, George
Downing Street,
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No. 9 LAC, RG7, G8C/1, p. 229; received 7 May 1855
Downing Street,
16th January 1855 Sir,

I transmit for your information the copy of a letter from Mr John Powell Mills, Master of the Barque "Colinda," complaining of certain proceedings taken against him by the Authorities in Vancouver's Island on the occasion of his visiting the settlement in 1853, and Ihave have to instruct you to cause enquiries to be made into the facts of the case, and to furnish me with a report on the allegations contained in this letter.

I have the honor to be Sir, Your most obedient humble servant G. Grey Governor Douglas &c &c &c Vancouvers Island
Mills to Grey, 9 January 1855, describing his arrest and detainment in Victoria and complaining of mistreatment by the colonial authorities.