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Entry Books of Letters Received : 1799-1840.

Call Number:
HIL-MICL FC LPR .Q4G6L3
Category:
Quebec
Creator:
Lower Canada. Governor.
Material Description:
2 microfilm textual records (4 volumes) ; 35 mm
Contents:

Letterbook copies of despatches received from the British Minister at Washington and also from the British Minister at Washington to the Colonial or Foreign Secretary but forwarded through the Governor's office. 

In addition, there are despatches from the Governors of other British North American Provinces if the nature of the correspondence concerns international relations. The letters and enclosures are in chronological order.

Originals:

The original documents are held by Library and Archives Canada.

Archival Ref. No.:

NAC RG 7, G 15B.

Finding Aids:

The volumes are preceded by a table of contents which gives the date of the despatch, the subject, and the page references.

An inventory description and microfilm shelf list are available.

PDF Finding Aid:
Inventory-Description_Entry-Books-Letter-Received_LC-Governor.pdf Shelf-List_Entry-Books-Letter-Received_LC-Governor.pdf
Other With:

Volumes 1-4 (in part) are microfilmed with the Governor's Internal Letterbooks, Quebec and Lower Canada: 1787-1839, and are shelved at MIC-Loyalist FC LPR .Q4G6L3.

Volume 4 (the latter part) is microfilmed with the Governor's Civil Secretary's Letterbook: 1790-1829 and is shelved at MIC-Loyalist FC LPR .Q4G6C5.