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Gaspé district, Quebec Collection [textual record]

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Date:

1759-1857, 1873

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R12300-0-9-E, MG8-F25

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102969

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Gaspé district, Quebec Collection
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Date(s):

1759-1857, 1873

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

0.100 meter(s)

Language of material:

English

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Their relation to the Gaspé region generally brings together several disparate records. The entrybook attributed to William Macdonald (volume 1) records his activities as surveyor and agent for Crown Lands in the Gaspé region, circa 1838-1857. The bill of survey for the stranded schooner LAURA T CHESTER (volume 2) was issued in 1873 by Jno. Fox, a JP of the Gaspé district. The three volumes recording court proceedings at Percé and Douglastown (volumes 3-5) were kept in 1809-1812, 1819, and 1823-1825 for William Crawford, Judge of the Provincial Court for the Inferior District of Gaspé.

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Gaspé district, Quebec

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Gaspé district, Quebec : The name Gaspé has long been applied to a geographic region as well as to judicial or administrative jurisdictions. Gaspé was among several regions identified for administration by a Lieutenant Governor in 1775. The first incumbent, Nicholas Cox, was also named Superintendent of Fisheries in the region. The judicial district of Gaspé was one of five established by a Proclamation of 24 July 1788. The first Sheriff and Justices of the Peace were then appointed.

Few municipal institutions existed before 1842; officials such as the deputy Land Surveyors acted under directions from provincial authorities.

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General note:

Note the records of the Gaspé Land Commissioners in RG 1, L 7, volumes 79-80 (also available on microfilm). Note also that the quality of transcription in volume 1 is suspect, names such as Schoolbred being significantly misread.
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Perce (Quebec) - Court records, 1809-1825 Perce (Quebec), 1789-1857

Douglastown (Quebec) - Court records, 1809-1825 Douglastown (Quebec), 1789-1857

Perce (Quebec) - Land, 1789-1857 Laura T. Chester (Ship), 1873

Douglastown (Quebec) - Land, 1789-1857 Truro (Mass.), 1873

Provincial court - Quebec (Province), 1809-1825 Amherst Harbour (Magdalen Islands, Quebec), 1873

Land titles, Gaspé district Magdalen Islands (Quebec), 1873

Land surveys - Gaspé district Cox township, 1840s-1850s

Hamilton township, 1840s-1850s

Hope township, 1840s-1850s

Maria township, 1840s-1850s

Matapedia township, 1840s-1850s

Port Daniel township, 1840s-1850s

Ristigouche township, 1840s-1850s

Shoolbred seigneurie, 1840s-1850s

New Carlisle, 1840s-1850s

New Richmond, 1840s-1850s

Paspebiac, 1840s-1850s

Bonaventury County, 1838-1850s

James Crawford, provincial land surveyor, Gaspé district

William Macdonald, provincial land surveyor, Gaspé district, 1830s-1850s

William Macdonald, Crown Lands Agent, Gaspé district, 1830s-1850s

Land Board of the Gaspé District, 1789-1791
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MG8-F25
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