<persName ref="prs:osborne_r"><surname>Osborne</surname>, <forename>Ralph</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:merivale_h"><surname>Merivale</surname>, <forename>Herman</forename></persName> 21 May 1856, CO 305:7, no. 4583, 145. Osborne addressee Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

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Osborne, Ralph to Merivale, Herman 21 May 1856, CO 305:7, no. 4583, 145.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/V565AD02.html. CO 305:07 CO 305 7 4583 145 V.I. 1856 received 22 May co_305_07_00147r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Osborne writes to Merivale, confirming that the HMS President has been dispatched for Vancouver Island, but that there has been no word of the ship’s arrival.

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Admiralty
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Osborne to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary) 4583, CO 305/7, p. 145; received 22 May
Admiralty
21st May 1856 Sir

Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 17th Instant, with its enclosed copy of a despatch from the Governor of Vancouver's Island, relative to a Ship of War being sent for the protection of that Settlement from attack by Indians, I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you, for the information of MrMr Secretary Labouchere, that as intimated in my letter of the 25th February last, Her Majesty's Ship President has been dispatched to Vancouvers Island, but no accounts have yet been received of her arrival at that Colony.

I am Sir, Your most obedient Servant R. Osborne H. Merivale Esqr Colonial Office
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