Despatches : 1821-1877.

Call Number: HIL-MICL FC LPR .O5L5D5
Category: Ontario
Creator: Upper Canada. Lieutenant Governor.
Description: 3 microfilm textual records (14 volumes) ; 16 mm
Background: 
            Numbered and unnumbered private and confidential despatches and enclosures from the Lieutenant Governors of Upper Canada (Volumes 1-3, 14);  New Brunswick (Volumes 4-10);  Nova Scotia (Volume 11);  Prince Edward Island (Volume 12);  and Newfoundland (Volume 13) --  addressed to the Governor General.  The series is arranged by colony, and the documents for each colony are arranged chronologically.
Contents: 
            The documents in this series deal with many subjects including:  militia and defence; immigration; land questions; public works; Indian administration; canals; clergy reserves; border relations and boundaries with the United States; the Madawaska Settlement; and the Bay of Fundy canal and fisheries.
Originals: The original documents are held by the National Archives of Canada.
Archival Ref. No.: NAC RG 7, G 7, reels C-15629 - C-15631.
Finding Aids: 
            An inventory description and microfilm shelf list are available in print


David W. Parker's Guide to Documents in the Manuscript Room of the Public Archives of Canada, Volume 1, pages 44-46, provides a volume-by-volume description of Volumes 1-10 of this series.
Electronic Finding Aid Record:
Notes: NAC Finding Aid 690 must be used as a conversion list for all of Parker's "G" Series references.

Finding Aid 690 is available in the Loyalist Collection in print and in microfiche.

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