Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Hammond, Edmund to Adderley, Charles Bowyer 4 January 1868, CO 60:34, no. 136, 123.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).
By Stanley’s instruction, Hammond requests Buckingham to enquire about the
fateof Cramer. Hammond encloses a translated letter from Cramer to Cramer’s mother, which was the last piece of correspondence from Cramer. Rogers minutes that the draft letter to Seymour is not attached to the minutes. Included documents describe Cramer’s time in British Columbia and enquire about Cramer’s fate.
Hammond to Under-Secretary of State
I am directed by Lord Stanley, in compliance with an application
from the Belgian Minister, to request that you will move the
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos to cause inquiries to be
instituted respecting the fate of a person named J.W. Cramer, or
Kramer,who
who, in 1862, was in the service of the Governor of
Vancouver's Island.
who, in 1862, was in the service of the Governor of
Vancouver's Island.
A translation is herewith inclosed of a letter which was
addressed by him in that year to his mother, a resident at
Antwerp; since that date it appears that no intelligence has
been received respecting him.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
J.W. Cramer, 17 May 1862, translation of letter as per despatch,
recounting life in the colony in the service of the governor.
Other documents included in the file
Draft reply, Buckingham to Seymour, No. 2, 11 January 1868 informing Seymour that a Belgian Minister in Britain has made an application for an inquiry into the
fate of a man named Cramer on Vancouver Island and transmitting Cramer’s last piece of correspondence.