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[Untitled], March 13th, A. D. 1872
[Untitled] Statements of George Thomas Seymour, made before the United States Consul, residing at Victoria, Vancouver Island, March 13th, A. D. 1872, touching upon the navigation of the Canal de…
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No. 61., March 12, 1872
No. 61. AFFIDAVITS CONCERNING THE NAVIGATION OF THE CANAL DE HARO. [March 12, 1872.] Statements of Remington F. Pickett, made before the United States consul at Victoria, Vancouver Island, on…
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No. 60., October 23, 1858
No. 60. Report of Captain G. H. Richards, October 23, 1858, in papers relating to British Columbia, presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty, August 12,…
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CANBY, Brigadier-General Commanding to the Assistant Adjutant-General at San Francisco, April 2, 1872
Brigadier-General Canby to the Assistant Adjutant-General at San Francisco. [Extract.] Headquarters Department of the Columbia, Portland, Oregon, April 2, 1872. Sir: * * * * * * * I am…
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Crosby to Geo . H . Williams , Attorney-General, April 2, 1872
Mr. Crosby to the Attorney-General. Washington, D. C., April 2, 1872. Sir: In compliance with your request that I would furnish you with any information which I may possess with…
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WILLIAMS, Attorney-General to Hamilton Fish, April 6, 1872
The Attorney-General to the Secretary of State. Department of Justice, Washington, April 6, 1872. Sir: I have the honor to inclose for your consideration and use * * a statement…
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ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Late United States Boundary Commissioner to the Secretary of State, January 19, 1872
Mr. Campbell to the Secretary of State. Washington, January 19, 1872. Sir: * * * * * * * I can say from my own knowledge that after the discovery…
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ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Late United States Boundary Commissioner to the Secretary of State, February 3, 1872
Extract from letter of Messrs. Campbell and Parke to the Secretary of State. Washington, February 3, 1872. Sir: * * * * * * * A map should be examined…
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GEORGE GIBBS, Late United States Geologist , Northwestern Boundary Survey to the Secretary of State, February 20, 1872
Mr. Gibbs to the Secretary of State. 77 Wall Street, New Haven, February 20, 1872. Sir: * * * * * * * The superior depth and width of the…
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N., Commodore and Chief of Bureau to the Secretary of the Navy, February 13, 1872
Commodore Case to the Secretary of the Navy.[67] Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, February 13, 1872. Sir: * * * * * * * I was a Lieutenant on board…
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Declaration of Rear-Admiral Wilkes., February 16, 1872.
Declaration of Rear-Admiral Wilkes. Washington City, February 16, 1872. In answer to the memorandum on the Haro question, I have to state that I have a full knowledge of the…
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George Bancroft to Archibald Campbell, June 15, 1858
Mr. Bancroft to Mr. Campbell.[64] New York, June 15, 1858. Sir: Your letter of May 27 has but just reached me, in consequence of my absence from home on a…
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Viscount Palmerston to George Bancroft, November 7, 1848
Viscount Palmerston to Mr. Bancroft. Foreign Office, November 7, 1848. Sir: I beg leave to return you my best thanks for the surveys of Puget’s Sound, and of the Gulf…
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George Bancroft to Viscount Palmerston, November 3, 1848
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…
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George Bancroft to James Buchanan, October 19, 1848
Mr. Bancroft to Mr. Buchanan. United States Legation, London, October 19, 1848. Sir: I send you a man of Vancouver’s Island, recently published by James Wyld, geographer to the Queen.…
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George Bancroft to Viscount Palmerston, July 31, 1848
*Mr. Bancroft to Lord Palmerston.62] 90 Eaton Square, July 31, 1848. My Dear Lord: As your lordship desired, I send for your inspection the traced copy made for me at…
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George Bancroft to James Buchanan, August 4, 1848
Mr. Bancroft to Mr. Buchanan.1 United States Legation, London, August 4, 1848. Sir: * * * * * The Hudson’s Bay Company have been trying to get a grant of…
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George Bancroft to James Buchanan, March 29, 1847
[Inclosure: Chart of the Straits of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound, &c. By the U. S. Ex. Ex., 1841.] Mr. Bancroft to Mr. Buchanan. Legation of the United States, London,…
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James Buchanan to George Bancroft, December 28, 1846
Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Bancroft.1 Department of State, Washington, December 28, 1846. Sir: I have obtained from the Navy Department, and now transmit to you, in accordance with the request…
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George Bancroft to James Buchanan, November 3, 1846
Mr. Bancroft to Mr. Buchanan. London, November 3, 1846. Sir: * * * * * * * * While in the Navy Department I caused a traced copy of Wilkes’s…