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Sable Island, Nova Scotia collection [textual record, cartographic material]

Hierarchical level:

Collection

Date:

1800-1801.

Reference:

R17003-0-3-E, MG24-H2

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103938

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Sable Island, Nova Scotia collection
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1800-1801.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.7 cm of textual records (29 p.) transcripts.
1 map ms., ink, col. 32 x 70 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of copies of the enclosures relating to Sable Island in Sir John Wentworth's despatches to the Colonial Office of 21 June 1800 and 3 July 1801, including Seth Coleman's report of 4 June 1801 and a map of the island. They include: letter of Lieut. Scambour, 17 May 1800, order to Seth Coleman, Coleman's response, and House of Assembly's address regarding Sable Island, 25 June 1801.

There is also a map entitled "Isle of Sable" which indicates the possible location of the lighthouse.

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Wentworth, John, Sir

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(No finding aid)

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Citation/reference note:

The full text of the documents and a replica of the map were published in the Report of the Public Archives for 1895, pages 84-93.

Related material:

The text is also to be found in the Nova Scotia "A" transcripts (MG 11, NS A, vol. 131, pp. 283-311 and vol. 133, pp. 65-70) and in Colonial Office 217 (MG 11, CO 217, volumes 74 and 75).
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Seth Coleman, 1801

Sable Island (N.S.) - Maps
Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG24-H2
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