<persName ref="prs:hammond"><surname>Hammond</surname>, <forename>Edmund</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:rogers_f"><surname>Rogers</surname>, <forename>Frederic</forename></persName> 16 December 1861, CO 305:18, no. 11285, 115. Hammond addressee Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)

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Hammond, Edmund to Rogers, Frederic 16 December 1861, CO 305:18, no. 11285, 115.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/V615FO10.html. CO 305:18 CO 305 18 11285 115 V.I. 1861 received 18 December co_305_18_00116r.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 (2).

Hammond informs Rogers that Francis has been appointed United States Consul at the Port of Victoria, Vancouver's Island and asks Newcastle to inform Russell if he has any objections to the appointment.

Hammond, Edmund
Foreign Office
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Hammond to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary) 11285, CO 305/18, p. 115; received 18 December
Foreign Office
16 December 1861

I am directed by Earl Russell to transmit to you, to be laid before His Grace The Duke of Newcastle, a Copy of a Despatch from the United States Minister at this Court, stating that Mr Allen Francis of Illinois, has been appointed to be United States Consul atthe the Port of Victoria, Vancouver's Island, and I am to request that you will move His Grace to inform Lord Russell whether there is any objection to the issue of Her Majesty's Exequatur in favor of Mr Francis.

I am etc. E. Hammond
Mr Elliot Usual Despatch to the GovrGovernor and letter to the F.O.? VJ 18 Decr
So proceed. TFE 18/12
Charles Francis Adams, Legation of the United States, London, to Russell, 14 December 1861, advising of the appointment of Allen Francis as consul at Victoria, and applying for the issue of an exequatur.
Draft reply, Newcastle to Douglas, No. 81, 30 December 1861, informing him that Francis has been appointed United States Consul at Victoria, Vancouver Island, and asking if he is aware of any objection to his appointment.
Rogers to Hammond, 2 January 1862, advising that Douglas had been asked to report whether there were any objections to the appointment.