<persName ref="prs:shepherd"><surname>Shepherd</surname>,<!--<roleName>HBC Governor</roleName>--><!-- GL, Not sure if HBC Gov role is really needed, it is explained in the bio and I don't think other HBC governors have the roleName --><forename>John</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:stanley"><surname>Stanley</surname>, <forename>Edward</forename> <forename>Henry</forename></persName> 18 March 1858, CO 305:9, no. 2717, 461. Shepherd addressee Stanley

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Shepherd,John to Stanley, Edward Henry 18 March 1858, CO 305:9, no. 2717, 461.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/V585MI09.html. CO 305:09 CO 305 9 2717 461 V.I. 1858 received 20 March co_305_09_00461r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Public Offices document. Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).

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Shepherd forwards an extract of Douglas’s letter regarding the murder of Isaac Ebey to the Colonial Office.

The minutes communicate this to the Foreign Office.

Enclosed is a draft from Merivale to Hammond forwarding a copy of the despatch; and an extract of Douglas to Smith reporting that the murder of Colonel Ebey had been committed by Indigenous peoples of the Russian Territory.

 Shepherd,John
Hudson's Bay House
Stanley, Edward Henry Inserted revisionDesc with @status="unproofed". Changed idno @type="received" into a date element. Gave existing date an @type="sent" and reordered bibl contents.
Shepherd to Stanley 2717, CO 305/9, p. 461; received 20 March
Hudson's Bay House
March 18, 1858 My Lord

With reference to the previous correspondence with Mr Secretary Labouchere on the subject of the murder of Colonel Ebey, a citizen of the United States at Whidbey's Island, Washington Territory, I have now the honor to enclose, for your Lordship's information, an Extract of a letter lately received from Governor Douglas, dated Victoria, Vancouver's Island, 14th January 1858, by which your Lordship will perceive that Governor Douglas reports that this murder was committed by some natives of the Russian Territory on the North West Coast of America.

I have the honor to be My Lord Your most obedient humble Servant John Shepherd GovrGovernor The RightHonbleHonourable Lord StanleyColonial Office
Mr Merivale Communicate to the Foreign Office. ABd 20/3
Annex dt. HM Mh 20
Draft, Merivale to E. Hammond, Foreign Office, 31 March 1858, forwarding copy of the despatch.
Extract, Douglas to W.G. Smith, Secretary, Hudson's Bay Company, 14 January 1858, reporting that the murder of Colonel Ebey had been committed by Indigenous peoples of the Russian Territory.