Finding Aid - Database 511

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Saunders, John, 1754-1834.
Papers : 1775-1910.

Reel Number	Contents
1	Correspondence, including military affairs,1780-1803.
2	Correspondence, 10 May 1804 - 30 December 1829.
3	Correspondence, 1830-1891, n.d. Civil List Bill (documents and letters), 1837, n.d. Accounts, 1775 - 14 October 1791.
4	Accounts, cont'd., 20 April 1792 - 1879, n.d. Military affairs, 1777-1875, n.d. Accounts, Maryland Loyalists; appointments for James Chalmers and John Saunders, also John MacKay and Levin Townsend, both captains in the Queen's Rangers; Saunders' memorial to the commissioners for inquiring into the losses and services of Loyalists; an account of the number of American Loyalists who received allowances and those who did not, 1797; Lt. Gen. Simcoe's appointments for the West Indies, which includes James Chalmers; York County Militia c.1812 (Saunders was the commander); an account of J.E. Woolford's service in the military and government, 1797- 1860 (he had been a member of the 2nd Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot and later barrack- master at Saint John; prisoners located at Charlestown and Georgetown during the Southern Campaign; memorial on behalf of the officers of the Maryland Loyalists; list of names and ages of the personnel of Capt. Saunders' Mounted Rifle Volunteers; and an account of the experiences of Daniel Parent during the American Revolution Petitions and memorials, 1808-1840, n.d. Includes: Mary Griffith; John Saunders for land, 1818; Elizabeth Saunders for land in Prince William, 1818; John Simcoe Saunders for positions, 1834; Thomas Thornton for back pay while a member of the Queen's Rangers; and John Simcoe Saunders for an increase in salary as Advocate General. Deeds, 1790-1882. Includes: Gilfred Studholme; College of New Brunswick; John Saunders; Anna Maria North (wife of William North and widow of deceased Alexander Jekyll Chalmers); Sophia Campbell; John Simcoe Saunders; and George Whittiker. Legal papers, 1788-1884. Bonds; lease agreements; and judgments. Maps, 1803-1839, n.d. Kennebecasis River; Salmon River; Fredericton and grants of lands to Richard Armstrong; John Simcoe Saunders; and George Whittiker. Miscellaneous, 1821-1852, n.d. Sketches of the proposed House of Assembly; poetry; and school examination questions. Diary of John Saunders, II., 25 November 1870 - February 1877. Also includes diary, 13 April - 6 May 1860. Newspapers, 1829-1910. The Times, 25 December 1829. The Royal Gazette, 28 May 1834. The City Gazette, 6 February 1840. The Quebec Gazette, 28 February 1840. The Standard or Frontier Gazette (St. Andrews), 24 April 1840. The St. John Daily Sun, 7 April 1892. The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, July 1910, vol. XI, No. 3. Colonel Robert Gray's Observations on the War in Carolina.
5	Book # 1. Notes to source material in various law texts. Book # 2. Notes to source material in various law texts. Book # 3. Notebook on law, particularly precedent-setting cases and references to these in law texts.