<persName ref="prs:king_eh"><surname>King</surname>, <forename>Edward</forename> <forename>Hammond</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:carnarvon"><surname>Carnarvon</surname>, </persName> 24 July 1858, CO 305:9, no. 7288, 615. King addressee Under-Secretary of State

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King, Edward Hammond to Carnarvon, 24 July 1858, CO 305:9, no. 7288, 615.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/V586K03.html. CO 305:09 CO 305 9 7288 615 V.I. 1858 received 26 July co_305_09_00615r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Correspondence (private letter). Minutes (2), Other documents (1).

King informs the CO that he gave notice of [his] intention to resign from his current employment and will be ready to leave England at the shortest notice.

The minutes regret that King quit his job on the strength of a Letter which held out to him no promise of employment. The CO decide, in future, to craft their letters more clearly to avoid this kind of misapprehension.

Enclosed is a draft from Carnarvon to King pointing out that their previous letter had conveyed no assurance of an appointment, and cautioning him not to be too optimistic about his chances of employment.

 King, Edward Hammond
Carmarthen, South Wales
Carnarvon, Inserted revisionDesc with @status="unproofed". Changed idno @type="received" into a date element. Gave existing date an @type="sent" and reordered bibl contents.
King to Under-Secretary of State 7288, CO 305/9, p. 615; received 26 July
Carmarthen, South Wales
24th July 1858 Sir

In reply to your letter of 14th inst. informing me that my name is recorded on [the] list of Candidates for Employment in Vancouvers Island, and in returning my most sincere thanks to the Right HonbleHonourable The Secretary for the Colonies for the honor and favor he has thereby conferred upon me, I beg respectfully to intimate that upon Receipt of the above mentioned letter I gave notice of my intention to resign my present appointment and I am prepared to leave England at the shortest notice, and should the services of an efficient body of Police be required I could without any difficulty procure them.

I have the honor to be Sir, Your most obedient Servant E. Hammond King Superintendent Carmarthenshire Constabulary The Right HonbleHonourable The Under Secretary of State Colonial Office Downing Street, London
Lord Carnarvon Observe to this Gentleman that in telling him that his name wdwould be recorded on Sir E. Lytton's list of Candidates no assurance of an apptment was conveyed: & that Sir Edward regrets he has taken so premature a step as that of announcing his intention of resigning his present situation on the strength of a Letter which held out to him no promise of employment. ABd 26 July
Annex draft at once. We must in future be careful in such letters to add a proviso that prevent[s] misapprehension. C July 27
Draft, Carnarvon to King, 29 July 1858, pointing out that their previous letter had conveyed no assurance of an appointment, and cautioning him not to be too optimistic about his chances of employment.