<persName ref="prs:bergue"><surname>Bergue</surname>, <forename>J.</forename> <forename>B.</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:rogers_f"><surname>Rogers</surname>, <forename>Frederic</forename></persName> 22 March 1864, CO 305:24, no. 2856, 267. Bergue addressee Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)

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Bergue, J. B. to Rogers, Frederic 22 March 1864, CO 305:24, no. 2856, 267.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/V646B01.html. CO 305:24 CO 305 24 2856 267 V.I. 1864 received 26 March co_305_24_00269r.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).

On behalf of the wife of a man named Hatcher, Bergue requests from the Colonial Office some intelligence on the whereabouts of the Hatcher as his wife is apprehensive he is dead.

Bergue, J. B.
Foreign Office
Rogers, Frederic Added abstract. Inserted revisionDesc.
Bergue to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary) 2856, CO 305/24, p. 267; received 26 March
Foreign Office
March 22 1864 My dear Sir Frederic

Can you help me in the following matter.

The wife of a man named Hatcher, who has been for some time a resident in Vancouver's Island, is very anxious to get some intelligence respecting him. She received on the 25th of October last a letter fromhim him dated the 14th of September, from "Esquimath" as my informant tells me, but which I presume must be the place I see on the Map & which is "Esquimalt" near Victoria. He was then ill, & she is apprehensive he is dead as she has heard nothing since. I am told that he was owner of two fishing Hoys and Canoes; was well known to have officers frequently takingthem them on shooting parties; and was occasionally employed at Victoria as [a] cook.

If you would kindly cause inquiry to be made about the man, I would feel greatly obliged.

Yours very sincerely J.B. Bergue
Make the enquiry of the GovrGovernor. FR
Ansd 29 March/64 privately. Mr B. infd that enquiries will be made. [VJ]
Draft, Newcastle to Kennedy, No. 6, 28 March 1864, forwarding Bergue's letter of enquiry.