Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Yale, James Murray to Fortescue, Chichester 11 June 1860, CO 305:15, no. 5992, 187.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Marginalia (1).
Murray to Fortescue (Parliamentary Under-Secretary)
11 June 1860
I am directed by Lord John Russell to transmit to you, to be laid
before The Duke of Newcastle, a copy of a despatch from Her Majesty's
Consul at San Francisco, reporting the establishment of a horse
express overland to that City from St. Joseph's Missouri, by which
mode of conveyance letters for Vancouvers Island would
would probably reach
their destination some time before the regular mail.
would probably reach
their destination some time before the regular mail.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot
In any emergency requiring the communication of early instructions to the Colonial Authorities of V.C.I. or B. Columbia recourse can be had to this mode of transmitting Letters: but, if the despatches from home, be of an important & political character there may be a question
as to the [irresist?]ability
of their contents being preserved in the U. States Post Offices.
In any emergency requiring the communication of early instructions to the Colonial Authorities of V.C.I. or B. Columbia recourse can be had to this mode of transmitting Letters: but, if the despatches from home, be of an important & political character there may be a question
No question. I fear that it would be a most unsafe mode of
conveyance.
N
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Put by.
CF
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Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Consul W.L. Booker to Russell, 23 April 1860, reporting the
establishment of the pony express service overland to San Francisco.