Skip to main content

Account Books : 1815-1835.

Call Number:
HIL-MICL FC LFR .W5J6A3
Category:
Family
Creator:
Winsloe/Winslow, John Hodges.
Material Description:
1 microfilm textual records 35 mm
Background:

The Winsloe/Winslow family were the proprietors of Lot 24 in Queens County, Prince Edward Island. This land bordered the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the north coast of the Island.

Contents:

The material consists of an account book, which contains daily receipts, cash balances and expenditures, and details of business transactions, including the Rustico fishery, 1815-1828; and a rent book, 1822-1835. The rent book includes the names of tenants, with the amount of rent paid for a specific number of acres during a given period of time.

Originals:
The original records are held by the Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island.
Archival Ref. No.:
PAPEI RG 15 Commissioner of Crown Lands
Notes:
Additional information concerning the Winsloe/Winslow estate can be found in the microfilm of the Prince Edward Island Rent Books, which are located in the Loyalist Collection and shelved at MIC-Loyalist FC LPR .P7L3R4, reels 10 and 11.