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Despatch from London
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Sir James 2 September 1858, CO 398:1, 56.

Abstract
Despatch from London.
Without a “Great Seal” completed for the government of BC, Lytton forwards a small seal, bearing the Royal Arms, for Douglas to seal the public documents until the large one is supplied.
Private
Downing Street
2 September 1858
Sir,
It having been found impossible to complete the Great Seal now in preparation for the Government of British Columbia in time to be forwarded to you by the present Mail, I forward herewith a small seal, bearing the Royal Arms, which you will use for sealing the public Documents of your Government until the larger Seal can be supplied to you.
I have etc.
E.B. Lytton
People in this document

Douglas, Sir James

Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer

Places in this document

British Columbia

Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Sir James 2 September 1858, CO 398:1, 56. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/B587004A.html.

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