<persName ref="prs:douglas_j"><surname>Douglas</surname>, <forename>James</forename></persName> to <persName ref="prs:newcastle"><surname>Pelham-Clinton</surname>, <forename>Henry</forename> <forename>Pelham</forename> <forename>Fiennes</forename></persName> 18 February 1862, CO 305:19, no. 4048, 69. Douglas addressee Newcastle

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Douglas, James to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 18 February 1862, CO 305:19, no. 4048, 69.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/V62009SP.html. CO 305:19 CO 305 19 4048 69 Separate V.I. 1862 received 23 April co_305_19_00070r.jpg Transcribed from microfilm archives, marked up in Waterloo Script, then transformed into TEI P5 XML.

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Despatch to London. Minutes (1), Enclosures (untranscribed) (1), Other documents (1).

Douglas acknowledges Newcastle's despatch informing Douglas of the death of the Prince Consort [Prince Albert].

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Separate 4048, CO 305/19, p. 69; received 23 April 18 February 1862

The mournful intelligence conveyed to me by Your Grace's Despatch of the 16th December last, of the death of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, was received in this Colony with feelings of the most unfeigned regret.

2. I considered itbecoming becoming upon so melancholy an occasion to make public Your Graces Despatch, and to call upon Her Majesty's loving Subjects to testify their sympathy and sorrow by appearing in mourning. I enclose a copy of the notice I issued, and I need only remark that the warm response made to that call abundantly proves that in no part of Her Majesty's Dominions are to be found Subjects more loyal and attached than in the remote Island of Vancouver.

I have the honor to be My Lord Duke Your Grace's most obedient and humble Servant James Douglas
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Printed notice informing of the death of the Prince Consort, and calling upon "the Queen's loving subjects to testify their regret and sympathy upon this distressing occasion by putting themselves into decent mourning," dated 17 February 1862, signed by W.A.G. Young.
Draft reply, Newcastle to Douglas, No. 99, 9 May 1862, acknowledging the receipt of Douglas's despatch and enclosed notice.