ON

CANADIAN ARCHIVES

BY

DOUGLAS BRYMNER, Archivist

1892

(Being an Appendix to Report of the Minister of Agriculture.)

OTTAWA:

PRINTED BY S. E. DAWSON, PRINTER TO THE QUEEN'S MOST

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ARCHIVIST'S REPORT

List of books, &c., presented with the names of the givers...

NOTE A.--SETTLEMENTS AND SURVEYS.

Applicants for lands in May, 1788.....

The same in July, 1788......

The same from July to October, 1788.....

The same in March, 1789......

The same in July, 1789.

Township of Lancaster..

First concession.......

Second do

Third do

Land Board of Mecklenburg...

List of reduced officers of Provincial corps who applied for land be-

tween 17th June and 9th September, 1789......

List of old settlers applying during the same period.

List of persons from the American States, &c., admitted during the

same period....

List of lands granted between 1st October, 1788, and 23rd September,

1789........

Townships mentioned in last list..

Petitioners at Montreal, reported in January, 1790, for lands on the

Ottawa.....

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Settlers at Hamilton, Bay of Chaleurs, who have no titles to lands.

occupied since 1762......

NOTE B.-Lower Canada in 1800.

Lieut. Governor Milnes to the Duke of Portland ............

Enclosed:

Land granted in Canada previous to the Conquest....

Revenues and expenditures from 1795........

Remarks........

NOTE C.-ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS IN LOWER CANADA.

No. 1. Lieut. Governor Milnes to Lord Hobart.........

2. Anglican Bishop of Quebec to Lieut. Governor Milnes

Enclosed:

3. Lord Hobart to Lieut. Governor Milnes.......

4. Conversation, Mgr. Plessis and Attorney General Sewell......

First Report.

Second Report

5. Lieut. Governor Milnes to Lord Camden..

Enclosed:

Requête de Mgr. Denaut au Roy (original)..

Petition of Mgr. Denaut to the King (translation)..

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NOTE D.-POLITICAL STATE OF UPPER CANADA IN 1806-7.

No. 1. Alexander Grant, President, to Lord Castlereagh......

2. Address of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada..

3. Answer by President Grant.......

4. Memorandum on Assembly's Address.

5. Proposed answer to the Address

6. Lieut. Governor Gore to Mr. Windham...

7. Judge Thorpe to Edward Cooke

8. Same to Lord Castlereagh.....

9. Proceedings of Agricultural Society, U. C

10. Judge Thorpe to Edward Cooke.......

11. Chief Justice Allcock to Sir George Shee..

12. W. Harrison to the same...

13. Judge Thorpe to Adam Gordon

14. Same to Edward Cooke.......

15. Petit Jury, Home District, to Judge Thorpe....

16. Judge Thorpe to Edward Cooke

17. Same to Adam Gordon......

14.

Enclosures.

B.-Solicitor General (D'Arcy Boulton) to Lieut. Governor

Gore. ...

A.-Grand Jury, Home District, to Judge Thorpe...................

B.-Petty Jury to the same....

C.-Clerk of Assembly to W. Halton....

D. and E.-Duplicates, see 28 and 21 of this note...

F.-R. Hamilton and Joseph Edwards to Lieut. Governor Gore

G.-Thomas B. Gough to the Electors of York, &c.........

Answer to address.....

H.-William Allan to Lieut. Governor Gore.....

No. 1. Conversation between Judge Thorpe and Lieut. Gov.
Gore.........

Remarks on the same.

2. Judge Thorpe to Lieut. Governor Gore...

Remarks on the same..

31. Lieut. Governor Gore to Mr. Windham..............

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NOTE D.-POLITICAL STATE OF UPPER CANADA IN 1806-7—Continued.

32. Lord Castlereagh to Lieut. Governor Gore......

33. Lieut. Governor Gore to Lord Castlereagh..

Enclosures:

No. 1. Report of the Executive Council........

2. Judge Thorpe to Joseph Willcocks.....

3. Same to the same.

4. Chief Justice (Scott) to Lieut. Governor.

5. Judge Thorpe to Chief Justice.......

6. Electors of York to Judge Thorpe.

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Enclosures:

9. Anonymous.....

10. John Powell to Lieut. Governor Gore.

34. Lieut. Governor Gore to Lord Castlereagh

Enclosures:

A.-W. Dummer Powell to Lieut. Governor Gore.......

B.-Address by Judge Thorpe to the Freeholders of York, &c.

35. Judge Thorpe to Sir George Shee.......

No. 1. Grand Jury, London District, to Lieut. Governor Gore..

2. Joseph Brant to Judge Thorpe.....

3. Judge Thorpe to Lieut. Governor Gore ....

4. Address. Electors of York, Durham and Simcoe...

36. Judge Thorpe to Sir George Shec..

Enclosure:

Address of the Legislative Assembly to Lieut. Governor......

37. Joseph Willcocks to Mr. Windham......

38. Judge Thorpe to Sir George Shee

39. Same to the Secretary of State.....

40. Lieut. Governor Gore to George Watson......

41. Judge Thorpe to Secretary of State.......

Enclosed:

Grand River Indians to William Claus......

42. John Mills Jackson to Lord Castlereagh...

43. Judge Thorpe to Edward Cooke......

44. Same to the same........

45. Lieut. Governor Gore to George Watson.....

Enclosures:

No. 1. C. B. Wyatt to Judge Thorpe....

Remarks on preceding letter....

2. Mr. Wyatt to Mr. Baldwin.

Remarks on letter......

Wyatt's Correspondence with Colonial Office :

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