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Shows surveyed lots in New Westminster and Burnaby. The original, dated ca. 1859, is in Legal Surveys.

[for typewritten transcript see volume 2] Letters written by Mrs. Moody to her mother and sister from Paris, Malta, and British Columbia; letters from Mrs. Moody's sister to her mother from Malta; a letter to Mrs. Moody from Captain Parsons, R.E. and five letters from R.C. Moody to H.P.P. Crease. Mary Susannah Moody lived in the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia between December 25, 1858 and November, 1863. During that time, her husband, Colonel Richard Clement Moody, was in command of the detachment of Royal Engineers which had been sent to British Columbia, and was Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for that colony. (In addition, he held a dormant commission as Lieutenant-Governor of the colony.) Mrs. Moody, the daughter of Joseph Hawks, J.P., D.L., of Newcastle-on-Tyne, married Moody on July 6, 1852. Moody had served as a Royal Engineers officer at a number of postings, both in Britain and abroad. He had also been governor of the Falkland Islands and had been seconded to the Colonial Office on special duty. Following his marriage, he served for a year on Malta and was in charge of Royal Engineers in North Britain. He was appointed to his positions in British Columbia in April 1858 and sailed from England on October 30, accompanied by Mrs. Moody and their four children. The Moodys reached Victoria on Christmas Day and remained there until May 1859, when they moved to New Westminster. They returned to England in November 1863, when the detachment of Royal Engineers was disbanded. The unit consists of forty-two letters. Thirty-four were written by Mrs. Moody, either to her mother or to her sister Emily. One is written from Paris, not dated, one from Malta in 1854, and one from New York in 1858, and the rest from Victoria and New Westminster. Of the remainder of the collection, one letter and two fragments were written by Emily Hawks to her mother from Malta in 1854, one letter was written by Captain R.M. Parsons, R.E. to Mrs. Moody in 1860, and five letters were written by R.C. Moody to H.P.P. Crease, dated New Westminster, 1860. The letters are filed in chronological order under the name of the sender. Typewritten transcripts have been made by the PABC. Letters in sections A (1-28), B C, and D were presented to the PABC by R.S. Newell (a grandson of Mrs. Moody), Salisbury, Wilts., in 1970. Letters A (29-34) were presented to the PABC by Mrs. Rosemary Holford, Dorset, England, 1973. Source: MS Finding Aids Presented by R.S. Newall, Salisbury, Wilts., a grandson of Mrs. Moody, 1970; and by Mrs. Rosemary Halford, a cousin of R.S. Newell, Dorcester, Dorset, 1973. Finding aid: item list.