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Port Roseway Associates [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

1782-1787.

Reference:

MG9-B9-14

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

115410

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Shelburne historical records collection

Port Roseway Associates
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Date(s):

1782-1787.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.03 m of textual records.
0.014 m of textual records transcripts.

Language of material:

English

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Series contains the minute book of proceedings of the Port Roseway Associates, 1782-1783 (volume 1; pages 1-218), including a list of the Associates and muster roll of free Blacks settled at Birchtown, Port Roseway, 1784; a petition from the overseers of the poor to the magistrates of Shelburne for the relief of Blacks, 1789; and a "Sketch of Shelburnian Manners" attributed to a Mr. Fraser of Miramichi, 1787. A photocopy of volume 1 is shelved as volume 8.

Typescript copy of a memorial from Robert Ross, Samuel Campbell and Alexander Robertson to Governor Parr, c.1785, regarding representation of the Loyalists at Shelburne (volume 2; 4 pages). Typescript copy of a muster roll at Shelburne, 1784 (volume 3; 4 pages). Typescript copy of a list of land grants to Loyalists in Shelburne County, c.1785 (volume 4; 1cm).

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Availability of other formats note:

A digital copy of one page of the minutes of the Port Roseway Associates is available (MG9-B9-14, vol. 1, p. 37).

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 5: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition. Curator: Michel Anne Crawley, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2001.01.22 - 2001.11.12 (MG9-B9 - 14 vol. 1 - file 2 - page 37)

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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG9 B 9-14]

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1--4;

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8;

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Microfilm reel H-984

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