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British American Land Company fonds [textual record (some microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1832-1936.

Reference:

R4017-0-X-E, MG24-I54

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100630

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British American Land Company fonds
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Fonds includes:

9 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1832-1936.

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

58 cm of textual records.
1 microfilm reel : positive ; 35 mm.

Language of material:

English

Accession:

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Guildhall Library collection [textual record (microform)]

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Fonds consists of official records, 1832-1895; correspondence, 1835-1839, 1926-1936; letterbook, 1834-1886; commissioner's letterbook, 1880-1888, 1907-1910; register of land deeds issued 1835-1866; land contracts, sales, transfers, leases, 1838-1934; reports on lots owned by the Company, 1886-1904; reports and other material, 1861-1935; and other material including reports, 1850-1905. This material is available on microfilm reels C-15685 and C-15687.

In addition, there are microfilmed deeds and papers, 1834 to 1843, relating to the settlement through the agency of the Canada Company of Goderich and Stanley, in Huron County in Upper Canada, a total of 43 items. This material is located on microfilm reel A-2161.

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British American Land Company

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British American Land Company : The British American Land Company was formed in 1832 to promote settlement and land development in the Eastern Townships of Lower Canada in a manner similar to that of the Canada Company in Upper Canada. In 1834, it received a Royal Charter which provided that certain Crown lands were to be conveyed to the Company in return for "valuable considerations."

Initially the Company prospered and large numbers of settlers located on its lands. Heavy financial responsibilities and the political unrest resulting from the Rebellion of 1837 worked to the detriment of the Company however, and in 1841, it was forced to return over 500,000 acres of its original allotment to the Crown. The British American Land Company was supported and managed by several prominent individuals, including Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt who held the position of Commissioner from 1844-1855.

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Textual records (Electronic) Finding Aid 242 provides a nominal list of correspondence for volumes 2, 3 and 4, and a descriptive shelf list for the remaining textual records (not the microfilmed originals, including reel A-2161). MSS0242 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001244.pdf

Textual records (microform) (Electronic) Finding Aid 2001 provides a summary shelf list of contents for reels C-15685 to C-15687 and A-2161 in order of their appearance on the microfilm. MSS2001 (99: Closed pending processing)

(Electronic) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_100630

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General note:

The bulk of the textual records was received prior to 1950 from Mr. Wells of Sherbrooke, Que. These records were microfilmed by World Microfilms Publications for the Guildhall Library of London, England. In 1988, copies of this microfilm purchased by the London Office of the National Archives of Canada were transferred to Ottawa and made available for research purposes.

Location of originals note:

Originals of microfilmed material are located in the Guildhall Library, London, England.

Reproduction note:

Rights to reproduce this reels in its entirety rests with World Microfilms, pursuant to its contract with the Guildhall Library (now part of the London Metropolitan Library) and owners of records in the custody of that repository.
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British American Land Company - Records and correspondence, 1832-1936 R.W. Heneker, [1855-1895]

Land settlement - Eastern Townships (Lower Canada), 1832-1841 R.H. Coote, 1850

Land companies - Eastern Townships (Lower Canada), 1832-1841

Land titles - Registration and transfer - Eastern Townships (Lower Canada), 1832-1841

Land grants - Eastern Townships (Lower Canada), 1832-1841

Land deeds - Registers, 1835-1866

Land tenure, 1838-1934

British American Land Company - Financial records, [1873-1935]

Bonds, [1861-1904]

British American Land Company. Board of Directors - Records and correspondence, 1866-1874

Corporation reports, 1866-1874

Corporate resolutions, 1866-1874

British American Land Company - Charters, 1832

British American Land Company - By-laws, [1832-1895]

Land companies - Lower Canada, 1832-1895

British American Land Company - Management, 1832-1895

Land companies - History, [1832-1895]

British American Land Company - History, [1832-1895]

British American Land Company - Employees, [1832-1910]

Land titles - Registration and transfer, 1838-1934

British American Land Company. Commissioner - Annual reports, 1899-1905

Contracts, 1850

Railroads
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1994/0116
1994/0118
2003-00238-3

Former archival reference no.:

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MG24-I54
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000001070.pdf

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG24 I 54] 1--13

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 242] 31

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Microfilm reel C-15685--C-15687

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records: microform

[Consultation95 Open, no copying]
Microfilmed material received from the Guildhall Library may not be copied without the permission of the library.

Microfilm reel A-2161

[Consultation 95 Open, no copying]

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Textual records: All original textual records are out of circulation. Researchers are requested to consult the microfilm, reels C-15685 to C-15687.

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