<persName ref="prs:fortescue"><surname>Fortescue</surname>, <forename>Chichester</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:douglas_j"><surname>Douglas</surname>, <forename>James</forename></persName> 23 October 1860, LAC RG7:G8C/9, 325. Fortescue addressee Douglas

Published by Jim Hendrickson and the University of Victoria.

Fortescue, Chichester to Douglas, James 23 October 1860, LAC RG7:G8C/9, 325.The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.6, ed. James Hendrickson and the Colonial Despatches project. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/B607054.html. LAC RG7:G8C/9 LAC RG7 G8C/9 325 54 B.C. 1860 rg7_g8c_09_00206r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch from London.

Fortescue, Chichester
Downing Street
Douglas, James Inserted revisionDesc with @status="unproofed".
No. 54 LAC, RG7, G8C/9, p. 325 (CO 398/1, p. 433)
Downing Street
23 October 1860 Sir,

I am directed by the Secretary of State to acquaint you that he has read with satisfaction your despatch No. 76 of the 16th of August last containing intelligence of fresh discoveries of Gold and Silver Ore in British Columbia.

I have the honor to be Sir Your Obedient Servant C. Fortescue