Document Record

Title

Civil Secretary's correspondence received : [Province of Canada]
Correspondance reçue du secrétaire civil : province du Canada

Identifier

MIKAN: 126290
Reels/Bobines: H-1348 to H-1378, H-1968 to H-1969
Archival Reference/Référence Archivistique: RG 7 G 20
oocihm.lac_mikan_126290
lac_mikan_126290

Subject

Government
Gouvernement

Document source

Library and Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Notes

1841-1867
Copyright Not Evaluated/Droit d'auteur non évalué
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Language

English

Description

Letters and petitions addressed to the Governor-in-Chief from individuals were usually responded to on his behalf by the Secretaries. Matters relating to the civil administration of the province were handled by the Civil Secretary. This collection consists of the numbered correspondence files of the Civil Secretary for the Province of Canada. The years 1841-1867 are covered. It also includes indexes and registers compiled by the Secretary to provide both control over and access to the files.
En général, les secrétaires répondaient, au nom du gouverneur en chef, aux lettres et aux pétitions adressées à ce dernier par des particuliers. Le secrétaire civil répondait à la correspondance concernant l'administration civile de la province. Cette collection contient les dossiers de correspondance numérotés du secrétaire civil de la province du Canada durant les années 1841-1867. Elle comprend également des index et des registres compilés par le secrétaire civil afin d'assurer tant le contrôle que l'accès à ces dossiers.
Index available on reels H-1378, H-1968 and H-1969
From record: Sub-series consists of the Civil Secretary's numbered correspondence files for 1841-1867, and the indexes and registers which were compiled by the Civil Secretary to provide both control over and access to those files.
the Numbered correspondence sub-sub-series, the incoming correspondence was organized in the Civil Secretary's Office in two numbering sequences. This is now reflected in the physical arrangement of the correspondence, with one set of records found in volumes 1-117 (1841-1867) and the second set found in volumes 410-416 (a brief period from 1844-1846 and 1854). The registers and indexes found here in volumes 380-381, 383-384 and 386-387 provide access to the numbered correspondence found in volumes 1-117; the register and index found in volume 382 provides access to the numbered correspondence found in volumes 410-416. There is no vol. 385. Reel H-1378 contains vol. 470-473. There are no volumes 417 to 469.

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