Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to
Douglas, Sir James 23 March 1859, CO 398:1, 254.
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.
No. 37
23 March 1859
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, expressing 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 etc.
Footnotes
- The original form of this correspondence can be viewed here. Please note that the original was marked initially as part of the Vancouver Island collection, and changed thereafter, presumably after receipt, to the British Columbia collection.