Collections : 1754-1948.

Call Number:
HIL-MICL FC LSC .Q4B7C6
Category:
Special Collections
Creator:
Brome County Historical Society.
Material Description:
6 microfilm textual records 35 mm
Background:

The Brome County Historical Society was incorporated on 9 March 1898 and is located in Knowlton, Quebec.

Contents:
The material in the Collection is organized by section in the following manner:

Reel 1: Samuel Willard (1766-1833) Papers, correspondence, 1783-1825.

Reel 2: Samuel Willard Papers continued, correspondence, land papers, legal papers, letters, journals, diaries, and memo books, 1783-1899; Samuel Gale (1747-1826) Papers, correspondence, 1787 - 19 March 1798, miscellaneous material, 1774-1903.

Reel 3: Samuel Gale Papers continued, correspondence, 26 March 1798 - 1840; and Miscellaneous Family Papers.

Reel 4: Miscellaneous Family Papers continued.

Reel 5: Miscellaneous Family Papers continued; Township Papers; Township Papers by Township.

Reel 6: Township Papers by Township continued; County Papers; Seigniory Papers; Towns and Villages; Fenian Raids, 1869-1900; Rebellion of 1838; New England Papers; Miscellaneous Papers.

Originals:

The original records are held by the Brome County Historical Society at the Musee Lac-Brome Museum.

Archival Ref. No.:
Library and Archives Canada. MG8, F13. Reel M3228 - M3238. Finding Aid no. 1014.
Finding Aids:

There is a table of contents at the beginning of each reel. A combined microfilm shelf list and table of contents for the microfilms held in the Loyalist Collection are available in print and as a PDF in the electronic finding aids section.

PDF Finding Aid:
Brome County Historical Society Collection 1754-1948 Document List.pdf Finding-Aid_Brome-County-Historical-Society_Collections.pdf Shelf-List-Contents_Brome-County-Historical-Society_Collections.pdf
Notes:
Biographical sketches appear at the beginning of Papers for the Willard, Gale, Dunkin, Whitwell, Cornell, Westover, and Knowlton families.