- Call Number:
- HIL-MICL FC LPR .Q4E9L3P3
- Category:
- Quebec
- Creator:
- Quebec. Executive Council.
- Material Description:
- 79 microfilm textual records (210 volumes) ; 35 mm
- Background:
Petitions for land grants were submitted to the Land Committee of the Executive Council of Quebec and Lower Canada, 1764-1841, together with related and supporting documentation, 1637-1842, and accumulated in the Executive Council office to form a valuable record of the land granting process.
- Contents:
The series includes many reports and schedules prepared by the Surveyor General when reporting to the Land Committee, documents relating to the administration of the Jesuit Estates, draft and duplicate minutes and reports of the Land Committee, and regulations of the land granting office, 1764-1840.
Included with the petitions are many supporting documents. They include: correspondence; warrants for and reports of survey; draft letters patent for title deeds; and Minutes of Council recording a decision on a petition.
- Originals:
The original documents are held by Library and Archives Canada.
- Archival Ref. No.:
LAC/NAC RG1, L 3 L.
- Finding Aids:
Online: The Land Petitions of Lower Canada, 1764-1841 are fully available in digital form through Library and Archives Canada, including a searchable index.
A nominal card index on microfilm provides access to the petitions. It is arranged by the name of the petitioner or group leader, with the appropriate page references.
A more detailed inventory description and microfilm shelf list are available.
- PDF Finding Aid:
- Inventory-Description_Peteitions-Land-Grants-Leases_Quebec-Exec-Council.pdf Shelf-List_Petition-Land-Grants-Leases_Exec-Council-Quebec.pdf
- Notes:
Petitions from Canada East submitted to the Executive Council after the Union of the Canadas in 1841 are to be found with the Upper Canada Petitions for Land Grants and Leases and are identified in the card index to that series (RG 1, L 3). Decisions taken on applications for land will be found in the Upper Canada Minute Books of the Land Committee of the Executive Council, 1787-1867 (RG 1, L 1).
Other title: Lower Canada Land Petitions.
Quebec and Lower Canada. Land Petitions and Related Records.- Related Records:
Lower Canada Land Petitions. Quebec and Lower Canada Land Petitions and Related Records.