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Thomas Aston Coffin fonds [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1769-1826.

Reference:

R13225-0-2-E

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3963034

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Thomas Aston Coffin fonds
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Date(s):

1769-1826.

Place of creation:

Canada

Added country of publication:

Massachusetts

Extent:

3 microfilm reels.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence of Thomas Aston Coffin, member of a prominent Boston loyalist family, with his mother Mrs. William Coffin, his sister Margaret Coffin, his brother Francis Coffin, and Francis's widow Matilda de Clairville Coffin. Thomas and his brothers were banished from Massachusetts during the Revolution, but he continued to correspond with his mother, who remained in Boston. Thomas Coffin was General Guy Carleton's secretary during the war and during Carleton's service as governor of Lower Canada. His letters concern family matters for the most part, with some discussion of other loyalist families during and after the Revolution. Only occasional references are made to relations between the United States and Great Britain. Also included is Thomas Coffin's account book, 1792-1797, with additional accounts kept by family members, 1811-1826.

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Coffin, Thomas Aston, Sir, 1754-1810

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Coffin, Thomas Aston, Sir, 1754-1810 : Sir Thomas Aston Coffin, colonial administrator, a native of Boston, Mass., was secretary to Guy Carleton, as commander-in-chief, 1782-1783, and as Governor of Quebec, 1786-1794. He was Civil Secretary of Lower Canada, 1791-1793, and Comptroller of Accounts. He was made a baronet in 1804.

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General note:

Microfilming of the documents was done in 2005, thanks to financial assistance provided by the Cultural Affairs office of the United States Embassy to Canada.

Location of originals note:

Originals are kept by the Massachusetts Historical Society, call number P-758.

Related material:

See also the Order book for small pensions... drawn up by Coffin (MG23-GII20), letters kept in the Fonds de la Seigneurie de Sorel, Series Correspondance (MG8-F89), some letters in Daniel Claus and family fonds (MG19-F1) and other letters in British Military and Naval records. "C" Series; series I A, "Correspondence of the Military Secretary of the Commander of the Forces" (RG8M 80103/12).

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Microfilm reel [R13225] M-9636--M-9638

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