<persName ref="prs:labouchere_h"><surname>Labouchere</surname>, <forename>Henry</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:douglas_j"><surname>Douglas</surname>, <forename>James</forename></persName> 22 February 1856, LAC RG7:G8C/1, 313. Labouchere addressee Douglas

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Despatch from London.

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Labouchere acknowledges receiving Douglas’s letter and expresses appreciation for Douglas’s assistance of the American settlers in Oregon.

Labouchere, Henry
Downing Street
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No. 4 LAC, RG7, G8C/1, p. 313; received 16 May 1856
Downing Street
22nd February 1856 Sir

I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch[es] No. 24 of the 8th of November and No. 32 of the 13 December last reporting the measures which you had taken for aiding the Authorites of the United states in repelling the hostile attacks of the Indian Tribes on the American Oregon.

Your proceedings on this occasion appear to have been judicious and I amgratified gratified to learn that they were duly appreciated by the Authorites and the Inhabitants of the American Settlements.

I have the honor to be Sir Your most obedient humble Servant H. Labouchere Governor Douglas &c &c &c