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Collection : 1762-1834.

Call Number:
HIL-MICL FC LSC .N4M6A7C6
Category:
Special Collections
Creator:
Mount Allison University (Sackville, NB). Archives.
Material Description:
1 microfilm textual records 35 mm
Contents:

The Collection includes the following sources:

William Browne, Loyalist claim, 1791; Reverend John Burnyet of Sackville, letter of resignation to Mr. Shaw, vestry clerk, 1820; Record of the Court of General Sessions of Peace for Westmorland County, 1785-1809; New Brunswick Census Returns, variously for 1803, 1809, 1820, 1822 and 1824 for the following areas: Hopewell, Westmorland, Sackville, Dorchester, Moncton, Salisbury, Shediac, Shemogue, Tidnish and Botsford, and population totals for 1820, 1824 and 1834 for Botsford, Westmorland, Sackville, Dorchester, Shediac, Moncton, Salisbury, Coverdale, Hillsborough and Hopewell; Sackville Town Book, containing land records, minutes of public meetings, sheepmarks, and lists of births, marriages and deaths, 1762-1871; Josiah Wood (1776-1809), papers and accounts from individuals in the Sackville area presented against the settlement of his estate, 1803-1830; and an Anonymous Account Book of a merchant in the Sackville area, 1809-1820.

Originals:

The original records are held by Mount Allison University Archives.

Finding Aids:

There is no complete Table of Contents at the beginning of the reel. A Table of Contents is available in print and as a PDF.

PDF Finding Aid:
Mount Allison University Archives Collection Document List.pdf
Notes:

Detailed work on Westmorland County Minute Book of the General Sessions of the Peace written by W. Eugene Goodrich, "Local government in early Westmorland County : being an annotated edition of the Minute Book of the General Sessions of the Peace, 1785-1809, together with explanation and copious commentary," HIL-MICGDL FC2471 .G663 2013.