<persName ref="prs:leveson_g"><surname>Leveson-Gower</surname>, <forename>Granville</forename> <forename>George</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:seymour_f"><surname>Seymour</surname>, <forename>Frederick</forename></persName> 5 January 1869, NAC RG7:G8C/16, 1. Granville addressee Seymour

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Leveson-Gower, Granville George to Seymour, Frederick 5 January 1869, NAC RG7:G8C/16, 1.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/B697001.html. NAC RG7:G8C/16 NAC RG7 G8C/16 1 1 B.C. 1869 rg7_g8c_16_00002r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch from London. Other documents (2).

Granville transmits a letter from the Foreign Office, enclosing a letter from the Belgian Minister requesting documents from Verheyden in Victoria. Granville requests Seymour to fulfill the Belgian Minister’s request. Included documents describe the request from the Belgian Minister.

Leveson-Gower, Granville George Seymour, Frederick Added abstract. Inserted revisionDesc with @status="unproofed". Changed idno @type="received" into a date element. Gave existing date an @type="sent" and reordered bibl contents.
No. 1 NAC, RG7, G8C/16, p. 1 (CO 398/5, p. 227) 5 January 1869 Sir,

I transmit to you a copy of a letter from the Foreign Office enclosing a copy of a Note from the Belgian Minister requesting that a document may be obtained from a person named Verheyden, supposed to be at Victoria Vancouver Island, containing his consent to the marriageof of his daughter, or if he is dead that a Certificate of his death may be procured.

I have to request you to endeavour to meet the wishes of the Belgian Minister.

I have the honor to be Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant Granville Frederick Seymour
Copy, Otway to the Under Secretary of State of the Colonial Office, 1 Janurary 1869, requesting a document be obtained from Verheyden giving his consent to the marriage of his daughter.
Copy, Du Jardin to Clarendon, 29 December 1868, letter written in French.