Lushington to Rogers (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to
acquaint you, for the information of Earl Granville, that Mr
Cowrie, Surgeon of H.M.S. "Sparrowhawk" has reported that His
Excellency Frederick Seymour, Governor of British Columbia, died
on board that ship on the 12 June 1869, at Bella Coola, British
Columbia, of Typhoid Asthenia.