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AO 12. Claims, American Loyalists - Series I [textual record (chiefly microform)]

Niveau hiérarchique :

Série

Date :

1776-1831.

Référence :

MG14-AO12

Genre de documents :

Documents textuels

Trouvé dans :

Archives / Collections et fonds

No d'identification :

105765

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Audit Office fonds

AO 12. Claims, American Loyalists - Series I
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Série comprend :

4 description(s) de niveau inférieur
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Date(s) :

1776-1831.

Lieu de création :

Lieux divers

Étendue :

30 microfilm reels.
7.2 m of textual records.

Langue du document :

anglais

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The class Audit Office 12 was organized in 146 volumes containing the surviving records of the first series of documentation accumulated by the Commissioners appointed to hear, inquire into and decide upon claims for losses and sufferings by Loyalists, or for furnishing supplies for the British Army and Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War. These volumes take the form of entry books and ledgers recording the memorials and schedule of losses for each claimant, plus evidence of witnesses and/or supporting documents; examinations, decisions and reports of the commissioners. (For the second series of records accumulated by the Commissioners, including original documents submitted to them, see Audit Office 13.) At least 14 volumes of records are known to have been lost before the material reached the Public Record Office. All extant volumes have been microfilmed and are available on reels B-1155 to B-1183, prefaced by the B F Stevens nominal index on reel B-1154. .

Selected volumes (1-2, 5,7, 10-12, 15-16, 18, 23, 25-27; 57, 59-63, 98-99, 109, 123-124) had previously been transcribed. These transcriptions are available on microfilm reels C-12903 to C-12905.

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Textual records (Électronique) Finding Aid 90, British Records on Microfilm, provides a microfilm shelf list, identifying the microfilm reel number, title and outside dates for each volume. MSS0090 (90: Ouvert)

Textual records (Électronique) Finding Aid 250 part 1 provides an historical introduction to the Audit Office records and the inter-relationships amongst series; copies of shelf lists produced by or for the Public Record Office (now The National Archives); a shelf list correlating microfilm references for both the transcripts and the film of the originals; and notes on the utility of various published guides to Audit Office records. Finding Aid 250, part 2 reproduces the B. F. Stevens nominal index of claimants for Audit Office 12 (notably volumes 1 to 95, 99 to 106, 109 to 112) - which index is also available on reel B-1154. Microfilm reel C-9821 reproduces the principal shelf lists from FA 250 part 1 and the Stevens nominal indexes for AO 12 and AO 13 from FA 250 parts 2 and 3, respectively. MSS0250 (90: Ouvert)

Textual records (Papier) Several recent published works serve as finding aids to records of the Loyalist Claims Commissioners in Audit Office 12, and to other related series. Peter Wilson Coldham's work "American Migrations, 1765-1799" (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000) provides an analytical summary for each of the claims and evidence in both AO 12 and AO 13, organized first by the colony in which the losses occurred, then alphabetically, concluding with a nominal index. Introductory notes provide contextual information, while appendices identify related records in Treasury 50, 77 and 79. The geographical arrangement extends the book's utility beyond genealogical research, W. Bruce Antliff designed "An Inventory of Audit Office 12" (Kingston, Ontario: Antliff Publishers, 2011) to summarize the arrangement and contents of the volumes, and availability of internal indexes at various levels. Introductory notes outline the several commissions appointed to hear claims under various Acts and the patterns of survival of the records they created, whether in AO 12 or elsewhere. This presentation supports a wide range of research approaches to the records. (90: Ouvert)

(Électronique) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Ouvert)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_105765?usrlang=en

(Électronique) Les documents décrits ont été complètement ou en partie numérisés et sont disponibles à l'adresse suivante : (90: Ouvert)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_105765?usrlang=fr

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The Peace Treaty of 1783, by which the war was concluded, provided for payment of these claims by the United States of America. Infractions of the treaty, however, led to many delays and subsequent negotiations before a new treaty of Amity was signed in 1794. Between 1784 and 1794 the British government paid many pensions and compensations to Loyalists by authority of a series of Acts of Parliament, beginning with the Act 23 Geo III, c. 80. The 1794 treaty made arrangements for the settlement of all debts due to British subjects prior to 1783 and for the appointment of a joint Commission to carry out the terms of the agreement, but the American Commissioners seceded in 1799. A new convention was signed in 1802, which provided for the mutual payment of claims by British and the United States, and Commissioners to implement the convention were appointed pursuant to the Act 43 Geo. III, c. 39. Under this Act, claims to the value of 5.5 million pounds were considered. Of these, claims amounting to 1,420,000 pounds were approved and a fund of 659,493 pounds was divided on a pro rata basis between the successful claimants.

Note sur l'emplacement des originaux :

The National Archives, London, UK.
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United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Claims, [1776-1831]

United Empire Loyalists - Claims
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Privé

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MG14-AO12
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Documents textuels: microformes

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Bobine de microfilm B-1154

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Documents textuels

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Boîte d'instruments de recherche [FA 90] 13--14

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Boîte d'instruments de recherche [FA 250] 32

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Microfilm reels B-1154 to B-1183 are open for consultation.

Given the enbrittlement of the paper, the transcripts (volumes 1-2, 5, 7, 10-12, 15-16, 18, 23, 25-27, 57, 59-63, 98-99, 109 and 123-124) have been microfilmed to preserve their informational content and withdrawn from circulation. Researchers MUST use the microfilm copies: reels C-12903 to C-12905.

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