Delancey-Robinson Collection : 1789-1876.

Call Number:
HIL-MICL FC LSC .N4N3D4C6
Category:
Special Collections
Creator:
Library and Archives Canada.
Material Description:
2 microfilm textual records (4 volumes) ; 35 mm
Contents:

The Collection contains sources relating to the history of New Brunswick pertaining to the following subjects: fires in New Brunswick in 1825; military, including orders, returns and letters; natives/indigenous people; wills and estates; education; politics and government, including legislative council records, despatches, resolutions, etc.; banks and financial institutions; John Robinson; land issues, including a survey of the Bay of Fundy; and miscellaneous documents; also includes New Brunswick Agricultural and Emigrant Society, minute book; and Mess Book of the 1st Company, 74th Regiment.

Organisation

Reel 1

Volume 1

New Brunswick Fires of 1825

  • Minutes of the Committee for the Relief of Suggerers of the Fires in October 1825, 1825-1832, page 1
  • List of sufferers, Petitions for relief, Subscriptions, etc., 1825-1828, pp. 2-3>

Military Documents - Order, Returns, Letters, 1825-1853, p. 4

"Indians", 1789-1839, p. 5

Wills and Estates, 1790-1839, p. 6

Education, 1819-1839, p. 7

Volume 2

Political Papers

  • Council Minutes, Despatches, Rebellion of 1837 in Lower Canada, 1807-1876, pp. 8-9
  • Durham-Glenelg Correspondence, 1838, p. 10
  • Political Papers, 1839-1876, p. 11

Banks - Relating to Crown deposits in the banks, 1826, 1837, p. 12

John Robinson - Miscellaneous documents relating to Robinson, 1827-1863, p. 13

Land - Survey of the Bay of Fundy, disputed territory, 1838-1848, p. 14

Miscellaneous, 1813-1855

Volume 3

New Brunswick Agricultural and Emigrant Society Minute Book, 1825-1830

Reel 2

Volume 4

Mess Book of the 1st Company, 74th Regiment, kept by Sergeant Thomas Mullins, 1815-1818

Originals:
The original records are held by Library and Archives Canada.
Archival Ref. No.:
LAC MG 24, L 6.
Finding Aids:

The Inventory Description and Table of Contents for volumes 1 and 2, inclusive, have been microfilmed at the beginning of each reel. The Inventory description breaks down each file into individual documents, providing a brief description of each item; this is also available in print in the Loyalist Collection Inventory (red) binders and as a PDF in the electronic finding aid section.

Inventory-Description-Contents-Shelf-List_Delancey-Robinson_LAC.pdf