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Edw’d Thornton to Rear-Admiral A. F. R. de Horsey , Commander-in-Chief, Her Majesty’s Ship Triumph, May 15, 1879
No. 221. Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Evarts.
Washington, May 15, 1879. (Received May 16.)
Sir: In compliance with an instruction which I have received from the Marquis of Salisbury, I have the honor to transmit herewith copy of a report by Commander à Court, of Her Majesty’s ship Osprey, which has been received by his lordship from the lords commissioners of the admiralty, on the situation of the people of Sitka.
I have the honor, &c.,
EDW’D THORNTON.
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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 P.