- Call Number:
- HIL-MICL FC LPR .O5L5D5
- Category:
- Ontario
- Creator:
- Upper Canada. Lieutenant Governor.
- Material 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 Library and Archives 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.
- Notes:
NAC/LAC 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.