NAM.1981-12-54-2

Memorandum to Warre from Lt Gen Sir Richard Jackson, Montreal, enclosing a copy of a letter to Jackson from Lord Metcalfe, Governor General, 2 May 1845; and a memorandum of 3 May by Jackson for Warre (then holding a commission in the 54th Foot as Jackson’s aide-de-camp), all relating to Warre and Lt Vavasour accompanying Sir George Simpson on a 'Special Service' (ie spying mission) in the Oregon Territory. The second memorandum includes notes on a trip to Oregon by Col Henry Dodge US Army in the summer of 1835, and a cypher for Warre to use in his reports. MS, 3 May 1845. Correspondence chiefly relating to a mission to Oregon in 1845-1846. From a group of 11 papers chiefly relating to Warre’s mission to Oregon in 1845-1846; from papers of Gen Sir Henry James Warre, commander of 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot in the Crimea and New Zealand, relating to his military career, 1845-1881 (c).