<persName ref="prs:carnarvon"><surname>Carnarvon</surname>, </persName> to <persName ref="prs:douglas_j"><surname>Douglas</surname>, <forename>James</forename></persName> 30 April 1859, CO 410:1, 197. Carnarvon (Parliamentary Under-Secretary) addressee Douglas

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Carnarvon, to Douglas, James 30 April 1859, CO 410:1, 197.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/V597058.html. CO 410:01 CO 410 1 197 58 V.I. 1859 co_410_01_00101v.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch from London.

This document is a letterbook copy of B597058.

 Carnarvon,
Downing Street
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No. 58 CO 410/1, p. 197
Downing Street
30 April 1859 Sir,

I have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the 19th of February reporting that attempts are being made by certain American citizens to survey and occupy the Island of San Juan in the Gulf of Georgia. I enclose for your information and guidance the copy of a correspondence with the Foreign Office on this subject and I have to instruct you to pursue the course indicated by the Earl of Malmesbury for maintaining the rights of the British Crown to the Island.

I have etc. Carnarvon In the absence of Sir E.B. Lytton