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British Correspondence Concerning Texas
ABERDEEN TO ELLIOTT.2
Draft. F. 0. August 18, 1843
Captain Elliot.
No. 10.8
Sir,
Your Despatches to No. 20 inclusive, with the exception of No.
13, have been received and laid before the Queen.
With reference to my Despatch No. 6, of the 3rd of June last,
relative to the proposals made to Texas by Genl Santa Anna for
the Settlement of the Contest between Texas and Mexico, I have
to transmit to you herewith for your information, a Copy of a
Despatch which I addressed to. Mr. Doyle, Her Majesty's Charg6
d' Affaires in Mexico, on lie 1st Ulto, upon the same subject.4
KENNEDY TO ABERDEEN5
Private. British Consulate.
My Lord. Galveston August 22d. 1843.
I beg leave to transmit to Your Lordship, a printed Article
which I have extracted from the "New Orleans Bulletin" of
Thursday, August 10th. It has been the Subject of Comment in
this place.
By Statements in the London Newspapers recently received here,
it would seem that parties in England entertain the impression
that the people of this Country are willing to treat for the eman-
cipation of their Slaves. I have been, and am, endeavouring to
ascertain how far the impression is warranted by facts,--before I
transmit a reply to the Queries contained in Your Lordship's De-
spatch marked "Sc Te No. 1," and dated May 30th, 1843.
The Earl of Aberdeen K. T. William Kennedy.
'F. O., Texas, Vol. 6. The letter is unsigned.
F. O., Texas, 19. Aberdeen to Elliot, No. 8, June 19, and No. 9, July 3,
1843, have been omitted. The first referred to the land claims of Cotes-
worth, Powell, and others; the second transmitted copies of correspondence
with Doyle, in Mexico, relative to the threatened treatment of all foreigners
found in Texas when Mexico should reconquer that territory.
'F. O., Mexico, 169. Aberdeen to Doyle, No. 10, July 1, 1843. Aberdeen
urged larger concessions by Mexico, and also expressed the view that by
making these, abolition in Texas might be secured. (Adams, British Inter-
ests and Activities in Texas, 130-131.) For a different view of Aberdeen's
leading purpose, see Smith, The Annexation of Texas, 93.
6F. O., Texas, Vol. 7.193
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