Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Cox, Sophia Elizabeth to Grenville, Richard 13 March 1868, CO 60:34, no. 2549, 470.
Abstract
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (3), Other documents (2).
Sophia Cox discusses her husband’s current employment situation and hints at desiring support
from Buckingham in receiving an annual sum from William Cox’s salary. Minutes by Cox, Rogers, and Adderley discuss what can be done to assist Sophia Cox.
Cox to Buckingham
48 York Road
Kingstown
Ireland
March 13th 1868
Kingstown
Ireland
Mrs William George Cox presents her Compliments to the Duke
of Buckingham and Chandos, returns thanks for the interest His
Grace took in writing to British Columbia relative to her sad
case. As it is stated in this year's Directory that her
Husband, from whom she has not heard for months, is now in
receipt of a salary of
nine hundred a year, her Attorney considers that she should have
two hundred
a year, allocated to her, as Mr W.G. Cox was pleased to spend
a large portion of her fortune at Dublin and New York she is now
obliged to do needlework, the object of Mr Cox seems to be to
throw her on the charity of relatives and friends, trusts her
case may meet due consideration as She suffers much.
Minutes by CO staff
State that the D. of B. regrets that he has no further means of
assisting her than by informing the Govr of the Colony wh has
been done.
FR
14/3
Other documents included in the file
Draft reply, Buckingham to Seymour, No. 18, 21 March 1868 transmitting the letter from Sophia Cox and Buckingham’s reply to Sophia Cox’s letter and informing Seymour that Sophia Cox seeks annual funds from her husband, currently employed by Seymour.