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Despatch from London
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Sir James 23 March 1859, LAC :, 168.

Abstract
Despatch from London.
Lytton acknowledges the receipt of a Memorial from “Proprietors, Householders and Residents” of Vancouver Island “expressing their gratitude” for Douglas’s appointment as governor of British Columbia.
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No. 37
Downing Street,
23 March 1859
Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from Mr H.M. Snyder dated Victoria, Vancouver's Island 20th December last relative to a Memorial addressed to me by Proprietors, Householders and Residents of Vancouvers Island, expressingtheirManuscript image their gratification at your having been appointed Governor of British Columbia, I request that you will inform Mr Snyder that I have received his letter.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble servant
E B Lytton
Footnotes
  1. Please note that this document exists as a letter-book copy.
People in this document

Douglas, Sir James

Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer

Snyder, H. M.

Places in this document

British Columbia

Vancouver Island

Victoria

Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Sir James 23 March 1859, LAC :, 168. 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/B597037.html.

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