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Dalhousie, George Ramsay, 9th Earl of, 1770-1838.i
Papers: 1815-1828.

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63
1821, Jan. 16 - May 28
Memo book of the results of an enquiry by the Earl of Dalhousie into the state of the several North American British provinces, particularly their revenue, militia, roads, system of land granting, and laws.
68
1821, May
Memo on proposed new settlements in the district of Gaspé to make a line of communication to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
106
1823, May 17 - Dec. 6
Correspondence with Ward Chipman concerning his assumption of the administration of the government of New Brunswick (four letters from Chipman, two copies of letters to him, and two copies of letters between Chipman and Earl Bathurst).
159
1825 - 1828
Letters from Sir Howard Douglas, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, and Earl Howe, concerning problems of that province, particularly on the question of the boundary between New Brunswick and Maine, and including the land-sale scheme, defence, transport, and the Colonial Office. (There are also copies of letters dated 1827 with Enoch Lincoln, Governor of Maine, concerning the arrest of an American named John Baker at Madawaska.)
321
1818, Feb. 6
Letter from Charles R. Vaughan, British Ambassador in Washington, concerning the disputed territory in New Brunswick.
322
1828, April
Memo (4) relating to the boundaries of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
323
1828, May 24
Letter from Andrew Stuart, Québec, offering his services to assist in the establishment of the boundary between Lower Canada and New Brunswick and the United States.
430
1815, June
Report of the state of the roads around the south-west coast of Nova Scotia, i.e. from Digby to Halifax. Memo relative to the route from the entrance of Portage to Fredericton (with note of the route by which the 104th Regiment marched from Fredericton to Québec in February 1813, including the mention of stopping overnight at the farm of Loyalist, Philip Long/Lang at Lac Témiscouata, Québec), and of routes from Halifax to Saint John, Québec to Halifax, and Miramichi to Halifax.
431
[1817], March 28
Memo by Mr. Black on the white or yellow pine and other trees suitable for ship building in the Maritime provinces.
435
1819, August
Report on the route from St. John to Fort Cumberland and on the state of the roads.
436
1819, Nov. 22
Letter to Col. Darling, Military Secretary, Halifax, from Lt. J.A. Maclauchlan, Fredericton, concerning plans for a journey from St. John to the River St. Lawrence.
438
i1820, Jan. 8
Paper bound letter to the Earl of Dalhousie from John Howe, Halifax, concerning the improvement of communications between Halifax, Fredericton and Québec, copies of letters thereon, 1811-1816, included (found at end of reel).
446
1823, July 21-26
Letter and copies of letters between Lord Dalhousie and a committee appointed by the inhabitants of St. John, New Brunswick, for promoting the cutting of a canal from the Gulf of the St. Lawrence to the Bay of Fundy (six papers).
451
1826, Dec. 30
Copy of a report to Sir Howard Douglas, Lt. Governor of New Brunswick, from James A. Maclauchlan, supervisor of the great road leading to Canada.
463
n.d.
Memo on the need for roads, in particular one from Fort Cumberland to Québec.
506
1817, June 2nd and n.d.
Two letters from Wilham Vaughan, Governor of the New England Company, and Joseph Stonard, both in London, concerning the use of funds by the said company for the benefit of the Indians in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
527
1826, Dec. 5
By the committee of distribution for the relief of the sufferers due to the late calamitous fire in Miramichi, with thanks for help.
592
1818
Letter expressing gratitude and farewell to Lord Dalhousie from I.E. Woolford, Fredericton.