Letter
Charles A. Hammond to Charles Elliot, February 5, 1864
No. 15.
Mr. Hammond to Mr. Elliot.
Foreign Office, February 5, 1864.
Sir: I am directed by Earl Russell to transmit to you, to be laid before the Duke of Newcastle, the accompanying copy of a letter from Messrs. Sinclair, Hamilton & Co., stating their reasons for believing Penguin island to be British territory; and I am to request that you will move his grace to inform Lord Russell what answer should be returned to Messrs. Sinclair, Hamilton & Co.
I have, &c.,
E. HAMMOND.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth.