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Records : 1769-1873.

Call Number:
HIL-MICL FC LPR.P7L5R3
Category:
Prince Edward Island
Creator:
Prince Edward Island. Lieutenant Governor.
Material Description:
16 microfilm textual records (75 volumes) ; 16 mm
Background:

When Prince Edward Island entered Confederation in 1873, the Lieutenant Governor transferred the accumulated pre-Confederation correspondence with the Colonial Office to the Governor General's office. In 1904 these Records were moved to the Public Archives of Canada.

Contents:

The documents include Despatches from the Colonial Office to the Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island, together with Letterbook copies of Despatches forwarded to the Colonial Office.

The records are organized in the following manner:

  • Despatches Received, Volumes 1-42 (1771-1873), include circular, military, private and confidential despatches and enclosures from the Secretary of State for the Colonies
  • Despatches Sent, Volumes 43-53, 58-67 (1813-1873), contain letterbooks and copies of despatches, including enclosures, to the Colonial Secretary
  • Despatches Received from the Governor General, British Minister at Washington, Lieutenant Governors of the Provinces and the War Office, Volumes 68-71 (1855-1868)
  • Imperial Orders in Council, Volumes 72-73 (1769-1867)
  • Registers of Despatches Received, Volumes 74-75 (1771-1868
Originals:

The original documents are held by Library and Archives Canada.

Archival Ref. No.:

NAC RG 7 G 8 D.

Finding Aids:

A detailed inventory and a microfilm shelf list are available.

The last reel of the series is a register of the despatches by despatch number, date, subject, correspondents, and remarks noting enclosures and final dispositions.

David W. Parker's description of "G" Series, in his Guide to the Documents in the Manuscript Room at the Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa: Government Printing Office, 1914, , vol. 1, pages 47-56, provides a volume-by-volume description of the P.E.I. series.

Finding Aid 690, National Archives of Canada, provides a conversion list for all of Parker's now obsolete "G" Series references.

Guide and Finding Aid 690 are available.

PEI Lieutenant Governor Records Shelf List.pdf Contents-Shelf-List_Records_PEI-Lieutenant-Governor.pdf
Notes:

A few additional records for 1820-1821 and 1845-1854 may be found in NAC RG 7 G 7, Despatches from the Lieutenant Governors to the Governor, NAC microfilm reel C-15631. The Loyalist Collection call number for this material is, MIC-Loyalist FC LPR. 05L5D4.