- Call Number:
- HIL-MICL FC LPR .O5C6S4L6M4
- Category:
- Ontario
- Creator:
- Upper Canada. Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace (London District).
- Material Description:
- 1 microfilm textual records 35 mm
- Contents:
These very early Minutes provide a fascinating glimpse of early municipal government in the first years of settlement. In 1800 the Sessions Court met in the jurors' homes.
The main business of the Court concerned roads; appointments, including that of the Justice of the Peace; the levying of fees for various services; oaths of office; and all other matters that would be of concern to a local government body.
- Originals:
The original documents are held by Regional Collection, D.B. Weldon Library, University of Western Ontario, London.
- Finding Aids:
See transcription in report of the Department of Public Records and Archives of Ontario, 1933; for years 1800-1809, 1813-1818 (HIL MCGDL FC 3051 .065 22nd).
- Other With:
Microfilmed on the same reel with the London District Treasurer's Journal: 1842-1854, and the London Jail Punishment Book: 1871-1921, and shelved at MIC-Loyalist FC LPR .O5C6S4L6M4.