- Call Number:
- HIL-MICL FC LPR .N6S9I5
- Category:
- Nova Scotia
- Creator:
- Nova Scotia. Surveyor General.
- Material Description:
- 1 microfilm textual records (3 volumes) ; 35 mm
- Contents:
Instructions and other correspondence from the Surveyor-General, Charles Morris, to the Deputy Surveyors, many of whom were Loyalists. The material relates principally to Loyalist land grants.
Three volumes only have been microfilmed.
- Originals:
The original records are held by Public Archives of Prince Edward Island.
- Archival Ref. No.:
Nova Scotia Archives RG 1. See also RG 20, vols. 395, 396, 396B.
- Finding Aids:
The Index, alphabetically arranged by name of deputy surveyor for the first 135 pages of volume one, is microfilmed at the beginning of the reel.
A copy of the Index is available.
- PDF Finding Aid:
- Index-Names_Instructions_NS-Surveyor-General.pdf
- Notes:
The volumes of the Surveyor-General's Instructions and Correspondence were microfilmed to 1826 only. However, the series continues until 1845 and the later years may be consulted at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia.