Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Hammond, Edmund to Rogers, Frederic 12 June 1863, CO 305:21, no. 5715, 129.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (1), Enclosures (untranscribed) (4).
Hammond to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)
With reference to my letter of the 2nd instant, I am directed by
Earl Russell to transmit to you, to be laid before The Duke of
Newcastle, a copy of a despatch from Lord Lyons inclosing further
correspondence relative to the rumours that attempts were being made
to fit out Confederate Privateers in Vancouver's Island.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Lyons to Earl Russell, 25 May 1863, forwarding enclosures
relating to the concern that privateers were being fitted out
in Vancouver Island for the service of the Confederate States.
Lyons to W.H. Seward, U.S. Department of State, 21 May 1863,
forwarding copy of the telegram from Douglas.
