- Call Number:
- HIL-MICL FC LPR .G7C6P7E5
- Category:
- Great Britain
- Creator:
- Great Britain. Colonial Office.
- Material Description:
- 3 microfilm textual records (12 volumes) ; 35 mm
- Background:
Colonial Office 227 does not follow the usual arrangement for colony class entry books. The basic categories of Despatches, Public Offices and Miscellaneous or Individuals do not appear. The arrangement is basically a chronological organization.
- Contents:
The records include copies of despatches, commissions, and instructions which were communicated to the colony by the Board of Trade and later by the Secretary of State, and the office responsible for colonial affairs. A few in-letters from governors are included as well.
- Originals:
The original documents are held by the Public Record Office in London, now The National Archives, Kew. Library and Archives Canada holds a microfilm copy.
- Archival Ref. No.:
PRO CO 227 and NAC MG 11.
- Finding Aids:
Volumes 1 and 7-12 include internal indexes giving date, authors, and a brief subject description.
A detailed inventory and a microfilm shelf list are available in print and as a PDF.
NAC Finding Aid: British Records on Microfilm, is available on microfiche in the Loyalist Collection and provides a microfilm shelf list for CO 227. Finding Aid 90 is shelved with the other Loyalist Collection Finding Aids.
- PDF Finding Aid:
- Shelf-List_Entry-Books-PEI-Co227_GB-CO.pdf Inventory-Description_Entry-Books-PEI-CO227_GB-CO.pdf