30 August 1866
To The Right Honourable Lord Stanley
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Right Honourable Sir,
I should esteem it favour by your informing me of the proper person
to apply to for information respecting a person who has died
recently at Victoria, Vancouver Island as I require to know if
possible the state of his affairs and the nature of the property he
has left behind (if any) and also if there is a British Consul
there and if so if he is the proper party to apply to for the
information I require.
I am
Right Honourable Sir
Your most obedient Servant
Mary Ann Cooper
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Elliot Mr Fuller reports that Mr Cardwell's desph of the 11 Augt/65
No 38—or rather the 2d par: of it—has not been ansd. I think
the Governor shd be reminded of the arrear; & under the circes of
the negligence of the Colonial Authorities send the Governor a copy
of this Letter requesting any information on the subject wh: can be
procured.
Rogers to Mary Ann Cooper, 2 October 1866, advising that the
governor had been asked to inform the colonial office "to whom
your enquiries for information concerning a person who has died in
V.C.I. should be addressed."