Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 4 May 1865, NAC RG7:G8C/5, 130.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Other documents (2).
Cardwell transmits a copy of correspondence
relative to the construction of a line of Telegraph between Europe and America by the way of Behring's Straits.
No. 25
4th May 1865
Sir,
I have the honour to transmit to you a copy of a despatch and of
it's enclosure from Her Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersburgh relative to the
construction of a line of Telegraph between Europe and America by way of
Behring's Straits.
Other documents included in the file
Copy, Buchanan to Russell, 12 April 1865, enclosing a clipping from the St. Petersburgh Journal on a convention signed by the Director of Russian Telegraphs and the representative
of an American company for the construction of a telegraph.
Extract from the "Journal de St. Petersburgh, 30 March 1865. (In French).