Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Leveson-Gower, Granville George to Hankin, Philip J. 26 June 1869, CO 398:5, 299.
Abstract
Leveson-Gower, Granville George to Hankin, Philip J. 26 June 1869, CO 398:5, 299.
Despatch from London.
Secret
26 June 1869
Sir,
I transmit to you a copy of an Extract from a letter addressed by
the Consul General at New York to the Governor General of Canada which
has been received in a Despatch from Sir John Young.
Though I cannot regard it as very probable that a Fenian raid will
be made on Vancouver Island, I have thought it right to place you in
possession of this statement of Mr. Archibald's opinion inorder
order that you
may exercise all necessary vigilance in the matter.
order that you
may exercise all necessary vigilance in the matter.
The Officer Administering the Government