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Letters and private letters [textual record (microform)]

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MG11-CO324

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

133497

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Colonial Office fonds

CO 324. Colonies General, Entry Books, Series 1

Letters and private letters
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Sub-series includes:

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No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2 microfilm reels.

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of letters and private letters from Robert William Hay, 1825-1836 and private letters from Robert Wilmot-Horton, 1821-1828, in the capacity of Under Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. There are also circular letters to governors and others, 1794 to 1820 (v. 89-104), microfilm reels B-3215 to B-3216. The correspondents include various British and colonial private and public persons, including the colonial secretary, governors and lieutenant-governors of the North American colonies. The contents and subjects include colonial appointments, emigration, cultivation of hemp, letters of introduction, the case of Chief Justice Willis in Upper Canada, the civil establishment in Lower Canada, judicial succession in New Brunswick, ecclesiastical appointments in Nova Scotia, the Pictou Academy, mining in Nova Scotia, governors' salaries in Newfoundland, Horton's Irish settlements in Upper Canada, reports of the Board of Health, circular despatches transmitting various orders-in-council, estimates, despatches on military affairs, etc.

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MG11-CO324
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Microfilm reel B-3215--B-3216

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