<persName ref="prs:carnarvon"><surname>Carnarvon</surname>, </persName> to <persName ref="prs:seymour_f"><surname>Seymour</surname>, <forename>Frederick</forename></persName> 1 October 1866, NAC RG7:G8C/13, 293. Carnarvon (Parliamentary Under-Secretary) addressee Seymour

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Carnarvon, to Seymour, Frederick 1 October 1866, NAC RG7:G8C/13, 293.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/B667112.html. NAC RG7:G8C/13 NAC RG7 G8C/13 293 12 B.C. 1866 rg7_g8c_13_00159r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Carnarvon, to Seymour, Frederick 1 October 1866, NAC RG7:G8C/13, 293.

Despatch from London. Other documents (1).

 Carnarvon, Seymour, Frederick Inserted revisionDesc with @status="unproofed".
No. 12 NAC, RG7, G8C/13, p. 293 (CO 398/2, p. 443) 1 October 1866 Sir,

I transmit, herewith, the copy of a letter from Mrs. M.A. Cooper requesting to know to whom she should address an enquiry in Vancouver Island respecting a person, unnamed, who has recently died there.

I have to request that you will enable me to answer this enquiry.

I

I observe that no reply has been received to the Second paragraph of my Predecessor's Despatch No. 38, of the 11th August 1865, asking what assistance the local Authorities could render to persons in this Country desirous of procuring information respecting the existence of their relatives in Vancouver Island.

I have the honor to be Sir, Your most obedient humble servant Carnarvon
Cooper to Lord Stanley, 30 August 1866, inquiring on the proper channels to receive information "respecting a person who has died recently at Victoria."