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Commissions, Instructions, Petitions, Grants, Orders-in-Council, Warrants, Letters, etc

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Date:

1749-1760

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MG11-CO324, Microfilm reel number: B-6185

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Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3136509

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Colonial Office fonds

CO 324. Colonies General, Entry Books, Series 1

Entry Books of Commissions, Instructions, etc.

Commissions, Instructions, Petitions, Grants, Orders-in-Council, Warrants, Letters, etc
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Date(s):

1749-1760

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

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Undetermined

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Entry books of commissions, instructions, etc. arranged by date of issue. The List of Contents, located at the end of volume 38, is organized geographically by colony. The page number reference in the List of Contents is to the handwritten pagination on the documents, not to the stamped number. Under the geographical heading America, there are, for instance, references to commissions foragent of Indian affairs, officers of artillery, commander in chief in North America, rank and precedence in America, etc. Under the geographical heading Newfoundland, there are references to instructions to the Governor. Under Nova Scotia, there are references to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Chief Justice, Councillors, as well as to Licences for Absence for the Governor. The List of Contents also includes a separate category for Letters.

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MSS0090

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General note:

536 pages (f. 1-266) plus List of Contents (f. 267-269)

Location of originals note:

National Archives (London, Great Britain) vol. 38. Commissions, Instructions, Petitions, Grants, Orders-in-Council, Warrants, Letters, etc.

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Private

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MG11-CO324
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