Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Ireland's letter to William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, writing of herself and him in the third person, dated January 15, 1838

Source:

The letters of Queen Victoria: a selection from Her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1831 and 1861: published by authority of His Majesty the King, edited by Arthur Christopher Benson and Viscount Reginald Baliol Brett Esher, 1907

https://archive.org/details/lettersofqueenvi01victuoft/page/104/mode/2up

Above: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Ireland, drawn by William Corden the Elder.

Above: William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, painted by John Partridge.

The letter:

WINDSOR CASTLE, 15th January 1838.

(Half-past nine o'clock.)

The Queen has written approved on Lord Melbourne's letter as he desired: but adds a line to express her satisfaction at Lord Durham's having accepted the office of Governor-General of Canada.

The Queen will be very happy to see Lord Melbourne at half-past three.