Document Record

Creator

Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1762-1834

Title

Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst fonds

Identifier

MIKAN: 98615
Reels/Bobines: H-2961
Archival Reference/Référence Archivistique: MG 24 A 8, R9746-0-0-E
oocihm.lac_mikan_98615
lac_mikan_98615

Document source

Library and Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Notes

1807-1815
Copyright Not Evaluated/Droit d'auteur non évalué
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Language

English

Description

Fonds consists of selections from the private papers of Lord Bathurst relating chiefly to the War of 1812 and British and American views of Anglo-American relations. Included are letters and memoranda on such questions as, John Caldwell's observations on Canadian trade, 1808, Patrick Langan's claim to Grand Isle, 1812, and Lord Selkirk's proposal to raise a volunteer force to attack the United States through the Hudson Bay and the North West, 1813.
Volumes: 1
Henry Bathurst, third Earl of Bathurst, held among other offices the position of President of the Board of Trade from 1807 to 1812. In 1812, he was appointed Secretary for War and the Colonies, a post he held until 1827.
A calendar of the papers is available in the Public Archives of Canada Report, 1910, pages 84-90.

Persistent URL

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