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Christopher Chapman Bird fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1759-1784].

Reference:

R5453-0-X-E, MG23-GII13

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100662

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Christopher Chapman Bird fonds
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Date(s):

[ca. 1759-1784].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.8 cm of textual records (32 p.) transcripts.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence, 1783-1784, and memoranda, 1782-1783, relating to C.C. Bird's office as Surveyor General of Woods in Canada, in particular the difficulties he had in obtaining his salary. Included are several letters from William VanFelson concerning the suitability of the pine for naval use; and a letter from William Walker to Robert Strachan concerning family affairs, with a postscript by Alexander Duguid to C.C. Bird concerning the family claim to 16,000 acres by royal grant, in Nova Scotia, dated 1759.

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Bird, Christopher Chapman, flourished 1775-1784

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Bird, Christopher Chapman, flourished 1775-1784 : Christopher Chapman Bird (fl. 1775-1784), public servant, received a royal commission as Surveyor General of Woods in Canada, in 1782. Some confusion resulted, as Lord Dorchester had appointed his nephew, a Major Carleton, to the position in 1780.

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Dates of creation note:

Copied in 1912 from records held by the Register House, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Land - Nova Scotia, 1759

William VanFelson - Correspondence, 1759-1784

William Walker - Correspondence, 1759-1784

Robert Strachan - Correspondence, 1759-1784

Alexander Duguid - Correspondence, 1759

Naval architecture, [1759-1784]

Ships - Design, [1759-1784]

Great Britain. Surveyor General of Woods in Canada - Records and correspondence, 1782-1784

Great Britain. Surveyor General of Woods in Canada - Officials and employees - Salaries, 1782-1784

Land grants - Nova Scotia, 1759

Lands - Nova Scotia, 1759
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MG23-GII13
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