Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Correspondence (private letter)
Moody, Richard Clement to Fortescue, Chichester 7 April 1860, CO 305:15, no. 5417, 604.
Abstract
Correspondence (private letter).
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (4), Other documents (1).
Moody to Under-Secretary of State
I beg to enclose herewith a copy of a correspondence between His
Excellency and myself on the subject of the Military Occupation of
the Island of San Juan and in continuation of that a copy of which I
had the honor of transmitting for the information of Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies with my letter of the
14th Ulto.
To The Under Secretary of State for the Colonies
&c &c &c
&c &c &c
Minutes by CO staff
I fully agree with Mr Blackwood that an acknowledgement of the
receipt is quite enough.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Moody to Douglas, 29 March 1860, expressing regret that Captain Parsons had not been allowed to carry out his instructions, and asking
that copies of their correspondence be forwarded to the secretary of
state.
Captain R.M. Parsons to Moody, 23 March 1860, reporting
Douglas had declined his services, and enclosing related correspondence.
W.A.G. Young, Acting Colonial Secretary, to Parsons, 20
March 1860, explaining Douglas's reasons for declining his services and
suggesting he go to San Juan on the Satellite if he so wished.
