132 AVES ISLAND. 



3Ir. Sanford to Mr. Marcy. 



Derby, May 9, 1856. 



Sir: I have this moment received from the persons I employed 

 to prosecute it, a deposition of Captain James Wheeler, who was 

 employed as agent for Lang & Delano at Shelton's Isle. It is offered 

 in behalf of Mr. Shelton, et al., to show the damages sustained and the 

 quantity and value of the guano. You will notice that Captain 

 Wheeler prefers a claim on his own account, but which does not in any 

 respect conflict with that of Mr. Shelton, or Sampson & Tappan. 



I would call your attention to a copy of a letter appended from the 

 Foreign Office, London, to Mr. Dallas, enclosing an extract from the 

 report of Commander De Horsey, of the British Navy, as to the guano 

 an Shelton's Isle. The original papers received from Mr. Dallas, I 

 will forward in a few days. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



H. S. SANFORD. 



Hon. William L. Marcy, 



Secretary of State, d:c. 



Sanford to Mr. Marcy. 



Derby, 31ay 10, 1856. 

 Sir: I have the honor to inclose, herewith, to be filed in the depart- 

 ment as testimony in the case of Philo S. Shelton et al., the deposition 

 of Richard Thornell, one of the employes on Shelton's Isle. 



I inclose also a copy of a letter from Mr. Hammond of the Foreign 

 Office, in the absence of Lord Clarendon, to our minister, Mr. Dallas, 

 with extract from a report by Commander De Horsey, of H. B. M.'s 

 ship Devastation, to Commodore Henderson, and which I have lately 

 received from London, to be filed as testimony with Captain Gibbs's 

 deposition in the Shelton's Isle case. 



I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



H. S. SANFORD. 

 Hon. William L. Marcy, 



Secretary of State, dec, 



Foreign Office, April 11, 1856. 

 Sir : I referred to the admiralty your letter of the 4th instant, 

 inclosing a copy of one from Mr. Sanford, requesting your assistance 

 to procure for him certain specified information as to the visit of her 

 Majesty's steamer Devastation to the Aves or Bird Islands, and I 

 have now the honor to transmit to you, herewith, an extract of a letter^ 

 dated the 1st of August, 1854, from Commander De Horsey, of her 



