Letter

Affidavit of J. A. Gardiner., this 16th day of April, A. D. 1872

Affidavit of J. A. Gardiner.

The undersigned was one of the seamen on the Exploring Squadron of Captain Wilkes, of the United States, on the American Coast in 1840 –’41, and knows that the Channel de Haro, or Belview Channel, was explored during the continuance of the surveying *expedition upon the Coast, in 1841, and knows that it has been for the last thirteen years universally used by both British and Americans, and is the preferable Channel to any other.[92]Affidavits on the canal de Haro.

J. A. GARDINER, First Officer S. S. California.

[NOTARIAL SEAL.]

A. VAN DUSEN, Notary Public.

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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr.