No. 47
9 December 1858
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No 25 of the 24th September, enclosing a copy of Her Majesty's Commission to Colonel Moody as LieutenantGovernorManuscript image Governor of British Columbia, and I feel assured that his great Colonial experience will be of the utmost service to the Colony. 1
I have etc.
James Douglas
Governor
Minutes by CO staff
Manuscript image
Put by.
ABd 29 Jany
HM Jan 29
C Jany 29
Footnotes
  1. Moody's commission as Lt Gov (see Lytton to Douglas, 24 September 1858, No. 25, CO 398/1, p. 105). Moody's commission as lieutenant governor, dated Balmoral, 21 September 1858, can be found in: Great Britain, Colonial Office, Despatches from London, C AB 10.2 1, PABC. Moody was sworn in as lieutenant governor and chief commissioner of lands and works on 4 January 1859. Gazette, 6 January 1859.
People in this document

Blackwood, Arthur Johnstone

Carnarvon, Earl

Douglas, James

Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer

Merivale, Herman

Moody, Richard Clement

Places in this document

British Columbia

London

Vancouver Island

Victoria