- Call Number:
- HIL-MICL FC LPR .N4E9R4
- Category:
- New Brunswick
- Creator:
- New Brunswick. Executive Council.
- Material Description:
- 1 microfilm textual records 35 mm
- Contents:
The Executive Council Records that have been microfilmed on this reel vary greatly in subject matter. The reel begins with two sections of Petitions for Assistance, submitted during a sixty-year period from 1795 until 1846.
Included are: petitions from individuals, most of whom are elderly Loyalist soldiers or their widows; schedules and certificates for assistance to Revolutionary War veterans or their widows; petitions from the Overseers of the Poor in various parishes requesting additional assistance, and including many personal details about the individuals under their care; petitions to the government regarding alms houses, with numerous signatures attached; documents detailing assistance to Madawaska settlers, the poor in Fredericton, and seamen; three sections of requests for Letters of Marque addressed to the Lieutenant Governor or President of the Council; several government proclamations; and a section on evidence given before the Provincial Normal School Investigation concerning the management of the internal affairs of the Normal School.
- Originals:
The original records are held by the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.
- Archival Ref. No.:
PANB RG2 RS 8, Reel #F-7908.
- Finding Aids:
A table of contents was assembled from the target headings that are located on the reel at the beginning of each section and is available in print and a PDF.
- PDF Finding Aid:
- NB Executive Council Records Document List.pdf
- Notes:
The original records in RS 8 have been reorganized by the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick since this film was produced.