<persName ref="prs:hammond"><surname>Hammond</surname>, <forename>Edmund</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:merivale_h"><surname>Merivale</surname>, <forename>Herman</forename></persName> 3 February 1860, CO 305:15, no. 1176, 126. Hammond addressee Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

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Hammond, Edmund to Merivale, Herman 3 February 1860, CO 305:15, no. 1176, 126.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/V605FO03.html. CO 305:15 CO 305 15 1176 126 V.I. 1860 received 4 February co_305_15_00127r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Public Offices document. Minutes (1), Other documents (1).

Hammond informs Newcastle that a series of communications between Cass, Dallas, and Russell regarding the San Juan question can be communicated as confidential papers to Douglas.

Hammond, Edmund
Foreign Office
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Hammond to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary) 1176, CO 305/15, p. 126; received 4 February
Foreign Office
3 February 1860

I have laid before Lord John Russell your letter of the 16th ultimo and I am to state to you, in reply, for the information of His Grace The Duke of Newcastle, that Lord John Russell thinks that the Despatch of General Cass to Mr Dallas of the 20th of October respecting the San Juan question, and His Lordship's replies thereto, Nos 114 and 123 of the 29th of November and 16th16th of December last, may be communicated as confidential papers to the Governor of Vancouver's Island.

I am etc. E. Hammond
Mr Merivale Then forward the papers to the GovrGovernor impressing on him that they are Confidential. ABd 4 Feb HM F 4 CF 6 N 7
Draft reply, Newcastle to Douglas, Confidential, 13 February 1860, forwarding copies of a further correspondence between the British government and the government of the United States regarding the San Juan Island dispute, along with a copy of a Despatch subsequently received from Lord Lyons repeating the substance of a conversation he had had with General Cass on reading to him the proposals [of the British government] for the settlement of the Oregon boundary question.