Letter

George Bancroft to Viscount Palmerston, November 3, 1848

Author
George Bancroft
Recipient
Viscount Palmerston
Date
November 3, 1848
Type
Letter
Language
English

Mr. Bancroft to Viscount Palmerston.

108 Eaton Square, November 3, 1848.

My Lord: I did not forget your Lordship’s desire to see the United States surveys of the waters of Puget’s Sound, and those dividing Vancouver’s Island from our territory.

These surveys have been reduced, and have just been published in three parts; and I transmit, for your Lordship’s acceptance, the first copy which I have received.

The surveys extend to the line of 49°; and by combining two of the charts, your Lordship will readily trace the whole course of the channel of Arro, through the middle of which our boundary line passes. I think you will esteem the work done in a manner very creditable to the young navy officers concerned in it.

I have, &c.,

GEORGE BANCROFT.

Topics
19th CenturyDiplomacyForeign Policy
Sources
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.
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