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Simcoe Family

Papers : 1762-1798.

Reel 1 Letter Books (All from Canada)
1 12 November 1791 - 34 October 1794
2 23 August 1793 - 20 September 1793
3 7 July 1794 - 5 September 1794
4 21 April 1793 - 13 August 1793 (Index at end for 4 only)
5 1 September 1791 - 5 October 1791 (Note: not in strict chronological order) 1 September 1791 - 5 October 1791 (from War Office) 15 February 1792 - 13 April 1793; 12 November 1791 - 2 March 1793 (Queen's Rangers ; Indians, etc.) December 1791 - 23 November 1792
6 7 October 1793 - 30 April 1794 (Marine Dept., Indians, etc.)
7 14 April 1794 - 5 September 1794 (Indians, military matters)
8 January 1795 - 9 October 1795
9 24 October 1794 - 20 May 1795
10 29 August 1795 - 30 December 1795
11 18 January 1796 - 29 August 1796
Reel 2 Letter Books
12 May 1794 - 5 October 1795
13 July 1794 - 19 February 1796
14 includes 2 reports: Gov. Simcoe to the Lords of the Committee of His Majesty's Council for Trade and Plantations, 1794.
15 May 1780 - July 1797
16 13 March 1793 - 7 September 1793 + index at end.
17 1763 - 1791 (Indian Affairs)
18 April - May 1794
19 January - October 1794 + index
20 October - December 1794
21 October 1794 - January 1796
22 February 1796 - May 1796
23 October 1794 - October 1795
24 July 1793 - November 1793 + index
25 November 1793 - September 1794
26 October 1794 - January 1795
27 January 1795 - June 1795
28 June 1795 - October 1795
29 October 1792 - September 1793 (military) ;
includes monthly general returns of the troops in Upper Canada serving under Colonel Simcoe.
Reel 3 Letter Books
30 March 1792 - July 1794
31 June 1794 - August 1796
32 May 1792 - September 1793
33 September 1791. Lord Dorchester's commission and instructions + index.
34 December 1788. Report. Includes observations of Kingston for naval purposes; state of Fort Ontario, Harbour of Toronto, Niagara, Navy Hall, Fort Erie, Fort Detroit, Lake St. Clair and Huron, Michillimackinac, Falls of St. Mary, Thessalon, French River, Matchadosh Bay.
35 September 1793.
36 Hand drawn maps, October 1793.
37 Table of Contents at beginning. March - April 1791.
38 Orderly Book for Captain Jonathan Snowden's Company, 2nd Regiment, Camp Fort Pitt. May 1791 - 1 November 1791.
39 Journal and Proceedings of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada. 2 June - 7 July 1794.
Reel 4 Series B-1-1 Simcoe-Hunt Correspondence, 1792-1794
B-1-2: Burgess-Simcoe correspondence, 1793-1795.
B-2: Biographical Notes (many Indians). Includes sketches.
B-3: Diaries


1) 11 November - 29 December 1792.
2) January 1793 - 8 September 1796.
3) 17 Sept. - 10 Nov. 1791 ; 10 Sept. - 16 Oct. 1796.
4) 8 September 1794 - 1 May 1796
5) 26 September - 11 November 1791
6) 30 April - 31 December 1798
7) 16 May - 12 September 1796
8) 26 September - 11 November 1791
9) 18 September - 16 October 1796
10) 10-11 May 1794
11) [17-25 June] 1792

Reel 5 Documents relating to Indian affairs, 1762-1784; various documents, no finding aids, mostly concerned with Indians and some military records, 1762-1792.
Reel 6 Correspondence and other documents, 1792-1793.
Reel 7 Deals mainly with the Six Nations and the situation around Detroit. Also concerns Indian nations located in the United States and the delineation of territory. Intertwined with the above is the military situation between Canada and the United States, especially around Detroit, 1794.
Reel 8 Series A-3-2 Unidentified diary, 10 March and 25 October 1793. Simcoe miscellaneous correspondence, 1795.