Plantation Papers : New Brunswick : 1786 - 1855.
Call Number: | HIL-MICL FC LPR .G7C8P5N4 |
Category: | Great Britain |
Creator: | Great Britain. Customs House (London). |
Description: | 25 microfilm textual records (16 volumes) ; 35 mm |
Background: | The Board of Customs was first established by the British Government in 1672 to control the collection of duties for goods shipped in the plantations. The Collectors of Customs, who were appointed in America and the West Indies, were under the control of the Board. On 8 September 1767, a separate American Board of Customs was established with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts. After the American Revolution, the American Board was abolished on 29 September 1784, and the remaining British North American Colonies were placed under the English Board. Upon the repeal of the Navigation Laws in 1849 and other measures, the need for the English Board to exercise control over customs in the colonies disappeared, and responsibility for plantation customs was gradually transferred to the various colonial administrations. By 1853, plantations abroad were no longer subject to imperial customs, and by 1856 the responsibility of the Board for matters relating to customs in British plantations had come to an end. |
Contents: | The Plantations Papers are the in-letters of the Commissioners of Customs. They consist, principally, of reports from the customs officers of the plantations to the commissioners. The New Brunswick Papers deal with all aspects of legitimate trade, smuggling and other illegal activities, and also contain many seizure accounts. The Papers have been microfilmed on twenty-five very full reels of microfilm, and contain a vast amount of information in many different forms including: correspondence, reports, lists, returns, applications, appointments, petitions, oaths, accounts, orders, queries, duties, salaries, currency, quarantine, fees, claims, writs, evidence, complaints, Acts, decisions, proceedings, regulations, allegations, seizure accounts, and many other documents. |
Originals: | The original records were held by the British Customs House, Mark Lane, London, at the time of microfilming in 1958. However, this material appears now to be held by the Public Record Office in London, and information gleaned from that Web Site indicates that it is part of Public Record Office. Series CUST 34. Board of Customs: Papers Relating to Plantations. |
Archival Ref. No.: | PRO CUST 34 volumes 6446 - |
Finding Aids: | There is no complete finding aid to this collection. A Microfilm Shelf List, which provides a list of the volumes and dates that were microfilmed on each reel, is available in print with the Loyalist Collection Finding Aids and online, see Electronic Finding Aid section. A typed item level description, including names, subjects and dates, for each manuscript from Volume 6446/2 to Volume 6461/404 is available in print and is shelved with the Loyalist Collection Finding Aids. Volumes 6446 to Volume 6470 (reels 1 - 10) each contain a table of contents at the beginning of the volumes, which include a brief subject for each file, and date range. These content lists have been printed from the microfilm and are available with the Loyalist Collection Finding Aids. Lists of contents are also found scattered throughout the volumes between Volume 5785 and Volume 5811. |
Electronic Finding Aid Record: |
GB Customs House (London) Plantation Papers New Brunswick Shelf List.pdf Finding-Aid_Plantation-Papers-New-Brunswick_GB-Customs-House.pdf |
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