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Civil Secretary's correspondence. Upper Canada and Canada West [textual record] (RG5-A1)

Date(s)

1792-1841

Place of creation

Ontario

Extent

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Registers of petitions received in the Civil Secretary's office, with notations of the action taken on them, 1830-1832 and 1834-1841, form volumes 1-5; while undated petitions for pensions, pardons, appointments and other benefits, 1792-1841, form volumes 6-12. Addresses of Loyalty to Sir Charles Poulett Thomson, 1839-1840; and replies to the circular on the union of Upper and Lower Canada, 1839-1840, are found in volumes 12-14. Addresses to Lord Elgin following the Montreal riots of 1849, and petitions and addresses on temperance, 1856, have been removed from volumes 13-18 and reintegrated into the Provincial Secretary's numbered correspondence files (RG 5, C 1). Speeches and Messages of the Lieutenant Governor to the Legislature and Addresses from it to him, 1796-1840 form a final sub-series in volumes 18-28. These sub-series are closely linked to other series of incoming correspondence and to records of Parliament, as noted above.

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Textual records The finding aid is a descriptive list of the petitions and addresses as follows: (part I) - petitions from individuals; (part II) - addresses to Sir Charles Poulett Thomson; (part III) - loyal addresses to Lord Elgin, 1849, regarding the Rebellion Losses, Bill, and the Montreal riots; (part IV) - petitions and addresses regarding prohibition or temperance, 1856; (part V) - speeches and messages from the Lieutenant Governor to the Legislature and Addresses from both Houses, 1799-1840, with some Resolutions and related items. MSS0842 90 (Electronic)

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125540