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Colonial Office correspondence outward to British Columbia
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1858-1871 (Creation)
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- Great Britain. Colonial Office
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Microfilm (pos.), 35 mm, 3 reels [B00001(2) - B00003]
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British Columbia: Entry Books of Correspondence, 1 July 1858 - 11 August 1871 (C.O. 398, Vols. 1 - 7). Unit consists of letter-book copies of despatches to the governors of British Columbia from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, along with copies of letters from the Colonial Secretary to other departments of the British Government and to individuals, on matters relating to British Columbia. Indexes to correspondence appear at the end of each volume. A series of duplicate original despatches (hardcopy) is catalogued as C/AB/10.2/1. This series of duplicate original despatches often includes copies of enclosures, which are absent from letter-books which comprise this unit.
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Purchased from the National Archives of Canada (NAC microfilm reels B890-B892), 1974.
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Accession number(s): GR-2045
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- British Columbia (Colony). Governor (1858-1864 : Douglas) (Subject)
- British Columbia (Colony). Governor (1864-1869 : Seymour) (Subject)
- Douglas, James, Sir, 1803-1877 (Subject)
- Great Britain. Public Record Office (Subject)
- Musgrave, Sir Anthony (Subject)
- Seymour, Frederick, 1820-1869 (Subject)
- British Columbia (Colony). Governor (1869-1871 : Musgrave) (Subject)