Sub-series consists of a register of attendance at Council, 1798-1799; a letter book of the Clerk, 1801-1807; correspondence received and sent (including both drafts and entry book copies) by the Clerk, 1775-1851; miscellaneous land descriptions and land-related documents, 1784-1831; Orders-in-Council to the Attorney General and Attorney General's copies of warrants of survey, 1790-1806; registers of Orders-in-Council sent to the Surveyor General, 1819-1844; registers of Orders-in-Council sent to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, 1832-1844; registers of warrants, 1796-1848; reports of Deputy Surveyors on lands, 1826; and documents relating to the location of lands for the de Puisaye settlers, 1803-1805. It should be noted that both land and state matters appear in these records and that they overlap to some extent records found in other series within this fonds. Volumes which contain contemporary indexes are noted in the Shelf List.
The focus of the records in this sub-series is the management of the in-coming and out-going communication of the Clerk's office. In the conduct of his duties, the Clerk of the Council prepared and preserved certain records on behalf of the Council and others on his own behalf. Among the latter were entry books of letters and orders sent to other government officials and correspondence received, records which form the core of the present series. Correspondence received includes that from the Civil Secretary, individuals, and other government officials. Correspondence sent includes that to the Surveyor General, the Provincial Secretary, Attorney General, Civil Secretary, Inspector General, Receiver General, members of the District Land Boards, and individuals. Orders sent from the Clerk's Office served as warrants authorizing action by the recipients. An example is the series of Orders-in-Council to the Attorney General for land grants, documents which would have authorized the Attorney General to issues his fiat. In addition to the in-coming letters and out-going letter books, there are also other records that document aspects of the Clerk's communication function (e.g., Orders sent to various government officials to elicit some action, or records of warrants issued). Included within this sub-series as well are records of special information-gathering exercises carried out by the Council, the records of which would have been kept in the Clerk's office (e.g., the records of land valuations gathered in 1825-26 in preparation for the inauguration of the sale system, now found in vols. 83-84).
