Nova Scotia Archives & Records Management
(Inventory no. 345) NSARM Government Archives section

Commissioner of Public Records collection. — 1702-1917, predominant 1857-1886. — 34.5 m of textual records (632 volumes).

RG 1
Vol No.
Item Microfilm No.
1 Papers relating to Nova Scotia between 1624 and 1668 with some up to 1699 15218
2 Transcripts of French government documents relating to Acadia, 1632-1699 15218
3 Transcripts of French government documents relating to Acadia, 1710-1749 15218, 15219
4 Transcripts of French government documents relating to Acadia, 1641-1751 15219
4A Documents relating to Acadians 15219
4B Documents relating to Acadians 15219
5 Transcripts of correspondence of the government at Annapolis Royal, 1708-1717 (1-16) 15219
(17-end) 15220
6 Transcripts of correspondence of the government at Annapolis Royal, 1709-1730 15220
7 Transcripts of correspondence of the government at Annapolis Royal, 1712-1725 15220
Transcripts relating to government at Annapolis Royal, 1711-1714 15220
8 Transcripts relating to government at Annapolis Royal, 1711-1713 15221
9 Transcripts relating to government at Annapolis Royal, 1742-1753 (1-219) 15221
(220-end) 15222
10 [See Volume 4A] 15219
11 Transcripts relating to government at Annapolis Royal, 1742-1749 15222
12 Transcripts relating to Nova Scotia, 1725-1744 15222
13 Papers of the Louisbourg Campaign, 1745-1748 (1-24) 15222
(25-end) 15223
13½ Papers additional to Volumes 12-13, 1749-1750 15223
14 Letter book of governors, 1719-1742 15223
15 Letter book of governors, 1713-1717 15223
15224 (duplicate)
16 Transcripts of dispatches from Board of Trade, 1714/15-1748 (1-19) 15223
(20-end) 15225
17 Transcripts of correspondence from governors to Board of Trade, 1720-1748 15225
18 Transcripts of correspondence from governors to Board of Trade, 1715-1749 (1-42) 15225
(43-end) 15226
19 Transcripts of correspondence from governors at Louisbourg, 1749 15226
20 Commission Book, 1720-1741 (1-90) 15226
(91-end) 15227
21 Commission and Letter Book, 1742-1749 15227
22 Minutes of Council, 1720-1736 15227
23 Minutes of Council, 1720-1732 (transcripts) 15227
24 Minutes of Council, 1732-1748/49 (transcripts) 15228
25 Minutes of Council, 1736-1748/49 (transcripts) 15228
26 Registre des Baptemes, Mariages et Sepultures de la paroisse de St. Jean du port- royal, 1702-1728 15228
27 [Nova Scotia land grants 'old book' 1] 13033
28 Certificates and accounts of vessels employed by governors, 1749-1756 15228
29 Dispatches from Board of Trade and Secretary of State to Governors, 1748-1755 15229
30 Dispatches from Board of Trade and Secretary of State to governors, 1756-1769 15229
31 Dispatches from Board of Trade and Secretary of State to governors, 1762-1769 (1-70) 15229
(71-end) 15230
32 Dispatches from Board of Trade and Secretary of State to governors, 1770-1783 15230
33 Dispatches from Board of Trade and Secretary of State to governors, 1784-1799 15230
34 Calendars of Volumes 29-33 15230
35 Dispatches from governors to Board of Trade and Secretary of State, 1749-1753 (transcripts) (1-11) 15230
(12-end) 15231
36 Dispatches from governors, 1753-1760 (1-47) 15231
(48-end) 15232
37 Dispatches from governors, 1760-1781 (transcripts) 15232
38 Calendars of Volumes 35-37, 39-48 (1-267) 15232
(271-end) 15233
38A Governor Peregrine Hopson's Letter Book, 1752-1753 15233
39 Governor Montagu Wilmot's Letter Book, 1763-1764 15233
39A Jonathan Belcher's Letter Book, 1760-1763 10073
40 Dispatches from governors, 1749-1764 (transcripts) 15233
41 Dispatches from Governors, 1749-1764 (letter book copies) 15233
42 Dispatches from governors, 1765-1767 (letter book copies) 15233
43 Dispatches from governors, 1767-1771 (transcripts) (1-28) 15233
(29-end) 15234
44 Dispatches from governors, 1772-1775 (transcripts) 15234
45 Dispatches from governors, 1776-1778 (transcripts) 15235
46 Dispatches from governors, 1778-1779 (letter book copies) 15235
15236 (duplicate)
47 Dispatches from governors, 1782-1789 (letter book copies) 15235
48 Dispatches from governors, 1789-1794 (transcripts) (1-78) 15235
(79-end) 15237
49 Letter Book, Sir John Wentworth, 1783-1808 15237
50 Letter Book, Sir John Wentworth, 1792-1793 (1-24) 15237
(25-end) 15238
51 Letter Book, Sir John Wentworth, 1793-1796 15238
52 Letter Book, Sir John Wentworth, 1796-1800 15238
53 Letter Book, Sir John Wentworth, 1800-1805 (1-98) 15238
(99-end) 15239
54 Letter Book, Sir John Wentworth, 1805-1807 15239
55 Letter Book, Sir John Wentworth, 1767-1770 15239
56 Letter Book, Sir John Wentworth, 1772-1774 15239
57 Letter Book, Sir John Wentworth, 1774-1778 15239
58 Lieutenant Governor's dispatches, 1808-1810 (transcripts) 15240
59 Lieutenant Governor's dispatches, 1811-1815 15240
60 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1800-1806 15241
61 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1807-1810 15241
62 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1811-1814 15241
63 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1815-1820 (1-14) 15241
(15-end) 15242
64 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1821-1823 15242
65 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1824-1826 (1-92) 15242
(93-end) 15243
66 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1827-1829 15243
67 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1830 15243
68 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1831-1832 (1-46) 15243
(47-end) 15244
69 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1832-1833 15244
70 Calendars of Volumes 60-69 15244
71 Dispatches from Secretary fo State to Lieutenant Governor, 1830-1833 (supplementary) 15244
72 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1834 15244
73 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1835 15245
74 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1836 15245
75 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1837 (1-107) 15245
(108-end) 15246
76 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1838 15246
77 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1839 15246
78 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1839 (1-173) 15246
(175-end) 15247
79 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1840 15247
80 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1841 15247
81 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1842 (1-30) 15247
(31-end) 15248
82 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1843 15248
83 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1844 (150-170) 15248
(176-end) 15249
84 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1845 15249
85 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1846 (1-53) 15249
(54-end) 15250
85½ Dispatches relating to 'responsible government', 1846-1851 15250
86 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1847 15250
87 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1848 (57-101) 15250
(102-end) 15251
88 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1849 15251
89 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1850 15251
90 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1851 15252
91 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1852 15252
92 Duplicate Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1819-1846 (1-11) 15252
(12-end) 15253
93 Duplicate Dispatches, 1848-1851 15253
94 Duplicate Dispatches, 1852-1863 15253
95 Not extant [See Volume 39]  
96 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1852 15254
97 Dispatches from Secretary of State, 1853 15254
98 Dispatches from Secretary of State, 1854 (1-56) 15254
(57-end) 15255
99 Dispatches from Secretary of State, 1855 15255
100 Dispatches from Secretary of State, 1856 (1-19) 15255
(20-end) 15256
101 Dispatches from Secretary of State, 1857 15256
102 Dispatches from Secretary of State, 1858 15257
103 Dispatches from Secretary of State, 1859 15257
104 Dispatches from Secretary of State, 1860 (1-10) 15257
(11-end) 15258
105 Dispatches from Secretary of State, 1861 15258
106 Dispatches from Secretary of State, 1862 15259
107 Dispatches from Secretary of State, 1863 (1-45) 15259
(46-end) 15260
108 Dispatches from Secretary of State, 1864 15260
109 Dispatches from Secretary of State, 1865 (1-8) 15260
(9-end) 15261
110 Dispatches from Secretary of State, 1866-1867 (1-66) 15261
(67-end) 15262
111 Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1808-1816 15262
111A Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1808-1816 15262
112 Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1816-1820 15262
113 Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1820-1828 (1-89) 15262
(90-end) 16263
113½ Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1820-1828 15263
114 Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1828-1836 15263
115 Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1836-1840 15263
116 Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1840-1842 15263
117 Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1842-1844 15264
118 Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1846 15264
119 Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1846-1848 15264
120 Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1848-1849 (1-88) 15264
(89-end) 15265
121 Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1852 15265
122 [Number unused]  
123 Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1852-1855 15265
124 Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1855-1858 (1-83) 15265
(84-end) 15266
125 Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1858-1860 15266
126 Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1860-1862 (1-57) 15266
(58-end) 15267
127 Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book , 1862-1865 15267
128 Lieutenant Governor's Letter Book, 1865-1867 15267
128A Lieutenant Governor's dispatches to Ottawa, 1867-1878 15268
128B Lieutenant Governor's dispatches to Ottawa, 1878-1890 15268
128C Lieutenant Governor's dispatches to Ottawa, 1891-1906 15269
129 Dispatches from Board of Trade and Secretary of State to Governor, 1748-1752 15269
130 Duplicate dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1823-1834 15269
131 Duplicate dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1835-1836 (1-13) 15269
(14-end) 15270
132 Duplicate dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1837-1838 (1-102) 15270
(103-end) 15271
133 Duplicate dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor, 1839-1840 (1-158) 15271
(159-end) 15272
134 'Inland' Letter Book, 1753-1755 15272
135 Inland Letter Book, 1753-1756 15272
136 Inland Letter Book, 1760-1784 15272
137 Inland Letter Book, 1784-1791 15272
138 [Not Extant]  
139 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1803-1809 15272
140 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1808-1814 (1-83) 15272
(84-end) 15273
141 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1814-1818 15273
142 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1821-1822 15273
143 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1822-1825 15273
144 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1825-1828 15273
145 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1822-1825 15273
146 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1826-1829 15274
147 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1826 15274
148 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1830-1833 15274
149 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1833-1835 15274
150 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1835-1837 15274
151 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1837-1841 (1-197) 15274
(198-end) 15275
152 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1841-1843 15275
152½ Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1843 15275
153 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1844-1846 15275
154 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1846-1848 (1-221) 15275
(221-end) 15277 [and whole(?) of 154 on 15276, retake]
155 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1848 15277
155½ Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1849 15277
156 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1851-1852 15277
157 [Number unused]  
158 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1853-1855 15278
159 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1855-1861 15278
160 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1860-1862 (1-350) 15278
(351-end) 15279
161 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1863-1865 15279
162 Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1865-1869 15279
15280
162A Provincial Secretary's Letter Book, 1868-1870 15280
163 Commission Book, 1749-1759 15279
164 Commission Book, 1749-1766 15279
165 Commission Book, 1759-1766 15281
166 Treasury Warrants, 1766-1768 15281
166A [Treasury Warrants, 1766-1768] 15281
167 Commission Book, 1766-1768 15281
168 Commission Book, 1768-1781 15281
169 Commission Book, 1781-1783 15282
170 Orderly Book, 1768-1792 15282
171 Commission Book, 1793-1796 15282
172 Commission Book, 1783-1809 15282
173 Commission Book, 1810-1821 (1-157) 15282
(157-end) 15283
174 Commission Book, 1821-1855 15283
175 Commission Book, 1835-1849 15284
175A Index to Commissions, 1838-1841 15284
176 Commission Book, 1850-1853 15284
176¼ Commission Book, 1863-1868 (1-189) 15284
(190-end) 15285
176½ Commission Book, 1867-1872 15286
177 Abstracts of deeds from the Registrar's Office, Horton, 1765-1775 15286
178 Memoranda of vessels arriving at Halifax, 1778-1781 15286
179 [See Volume 166A] 15281
180 Treasury Warrants, 1765-1768 15286
181 Treasury Warrants, 1768-1776 15286
182 [Not extant]  
183 Register of Stock and Stockholders, 1789-1797 15286
184 Registers of bonds on appointment to office, 1805-1821 15286
185 Registers of bonds on appointment to office, 1822-1826 15286
185¼ Registers of bonds on appointment to office, 1836-1842 15286
185½ Registers of bonds on appointment to office, 1836-1842 15287
185¾ Registers of bonds on appointment to office, 1852-1863 15287
186 Minutes of the Council (executive), 1749-1753 15287
187 Minutes of the Council, 1753-1757 15288
188 Minutes of the Council, 1757-1766 15288
188A Minutes of the Council of War, July-August 1762 15288
189 Minutes of the Council, 1766-1783 15289
190 Minutes of the Council, 1783-1798 15289
191 Minutes of the Council, 1799-1809 15289
192 Minutes of the Council, 1809-1815 15290
193 Minutes of the Council, 1816-1820 15290
194 Minutes of the Council, 1820-1825 15291
195 Minutes of the Council, 1826-1832 15291
196 Minutes of the Council, 1832-1837 15292
197 Minutes of the Executive Council, 1838-1841 15292
198 Minutes of the Executive Council, 1841-1846 15293
199 Minutes of the Executive Council, 1846-1851 15293
200 Minutes of the Executive Council, 1851-1860 15294
201 Minutes of the Executive Council, 1860-1863 15294
15295 [duplicate?]
202 Minutes of the Executive Council, 1863-1867 15296
203 Minutes of the Executive Council, 1867-1870 15297
203A [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1870-1873] 15298
203B [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1873-1876] 15298
203C [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1876-1878] 15299
203D [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1878-1879] 15299
203E [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1880-1882] 15299
203F [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1882-1883] 15300
203G [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1883-1885] 15300
15301
203H [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1885-1886] 15301
203I [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1886-1888] 15302
203J [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1888-1889] 15302
203K [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1889-1891] 15303
203L [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1891-1893] 15303
203M [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1893-1894] 15304
203N [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1894-1896] 15304
203O [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1896-1898] 15305
15206
203P [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1898-1900] 15306
203Q [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1900-1903] 15307
203R [Minutes of the Executive Council,1903-1905] 15307
203S [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1905-1907] 15308
203T [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1907-1909] 15308
203U [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1909-1912] 15309
203V [Minutes of the Executive Council, 1912-1914] 15309
204 Minutes of the Council on granting land, 1761-1763 15297
205 Orders in Council on granting land, 1846-1848 15297
206 Minutes of the Council on Settling Intestate and Insolvent Estates, 1761-1781 15297
207 Intestate and Insolvent Estates, 1826-1839 15310
208 Intestate and Insolvent Estates, 1839-1843 15310
209 Minutes of the Council, 1749-1753 (transcripts) 15310
210 Minutes of the Council, 1753-1757 (transcripts) 15311
211 Minutes of the Council, 1757-1766 (transcripts) 15311
212 Minutes of the Council, 1766-1783 (transcripts) 15311
213 Minutes of the Council, 1783-1798 (transcripts) 15312
214 Minutes of the Council, 1799-1815 (transcripts) 15312
214½ Minutes of the Council, 1816-1819 (transcripts) (179-380) 15313-15314
214½A Minutes of the Council, 1818-1825 (transcripts) 15315
214½B Minutes of the Council, 1826-1832 (transcripts) 15315
214½C Minutes of the Council, 1832-1837 (transcripts) 15315
214½D Minutes of the Executive Council, 1838-1841 (transcripts) 15316
214½E Minutes of the Executive Council, 1841-1846 (transcripts) 15316
214½F Minutes of the Executive Council, 1846-1851 (transcripts) 15317
214½G Minutes of the Executive Council, 1851-1860 (transcripts) 15317
214½H Minutes of the Executive Council, 1860-1867 (transcripts) (Part 1) 15317
(Part 2) 15318
215 Journals of the Council (legislative), 1758-1763 15319
216 Journals of the Council (legislative), 1763-1769 15319
217 Journals of the Council (legislative), 1770-1776 15319
15320
218 Journals of the Council (legislative), 1777-1783 15321-15327
218A Journals of the Council (legislative), 1783 15321
218B Journals of the Council (legislative), 1784 15321
218C Journals of the Council (legislative), 1785 15321
218D Journals of the Council (legislative), 1787 15321
218E Journals of the Council (legislative), 1789 15321
218F Journals of the Council (legislative), 1790 15321
218G Journals of the Council (legislative), 1791 15321
218H Journals of the Council (legislative), 1792 15321
218I Journals of the Council (legislative), 1793 15321
218J Journals of the Council (legislative), 1794 15321
218K Journals of the Council (legislative), 1795 15321
218L Journals of the Council (legislative), 1796 15321
218M Journals of the Council (legislative), 1797 15321
218N Journals of the Council (legislative), 1798 15321
218O Journals of the Council (legislative), 1799 15321
218P Journals of the Council (legislative), 1800 15321
15322
218Q Journals of the Council (legislative), 1801 15322
218R Journals of the Council (legislative), 1802 15322
218S Journals of the Council (legislative), 1803 15322
218T Journals of the Council (legislative), 1804 15322
218U Journals of the Council (legislative), 1805-1806 15322
218V Journals of the Council (legislative), 1806-1807 15322
218W Journals of the Council (legislative), 1807-1808 15322
218Y Journals of the Council (legislative), 1808-1809 15322
218Z Journals of the Council (legislative), 1809 15322
218AA Journals of the Council (legislative), 1809 15322
218BB Journals of the Council (legislative), 1811 15322
218CC Journals of the Council (legislative), 1811 15322
218DD Journals of the Council (legislative), 1812 15322
218EE Journals of the Council (legislative), 1813 15322
218FF Journals of the Council (legislative), 1814 15322
218GG Journals of the Council (legislative), 1815 15322
218HH Journals of the Council (legislative), 1816 15323
218II Journals of the Council (legislative), 1817 15323
218JJ Journals of the Council (legislative), 1818 15323
218KK Journals of the Council (legislative), 1819 15323
218LL Journals of the Council (legislative), 1820 15323
218MM Journals of the Council (legislative), 1820-1821 15323
218NN Journals of the Council (legislative), 1821 15323
21800 Journals of the Council (legislative), 1822 15323
218PP Journals of the Council (legislative), 1822 15323
218QQ Journals of the Council (legislative), 1823-1824 15323
218RR Journals of the Council (legislative), 1824 15323
218SS Journals of the Council (legislative), 1825 15324
218TT Journals of the Council (legislative), 1826 15324
218UU Journals of the Council (legislative), 1827 15324
218VV Journals of the Council (legislative), 1828 15324
218WW Journals of the Council (legislative), 1829 15325
218XX Journals of the Council (legislative), 1830 15325
218YY Journals of the Council (legislative), 1830-1833 15325
218ZZ Journals of the Council (legislative), 1830-1831 15325
15326
218AAA Journals of the Council (legislative), 1832 15325
218BBB Journals of the Council (legislative), 1833 15325
218CCC Journals of the Council (legislative), 1834 15325
218DDD Journals of the Council (legislative), 1834-1835 15327
219 Manuscript Documents of Nova Scotia, 1749-1763 (Calendar vol 250, p. 14) 15327
220 Manuscript Documents, 1752-1784 (Calendar vol 250, p. 72) 15328
221 Manuscript Documents, 1751-1791 (Calendar

vol 250, p. 116)

15328
222 Manuscript Documents, 1757-1781 (Calendar vol. 250, p.160) 15329
223 Manuscript Documents, 1783-1878 (Calendar vol.250, p.176). 15329
224 Manuscript Documents, 1788-1806 (Calendar vol. 250, p. 208). 15330
225 Manuscript Documents, 1807-1811 (Calendar vol.250, p.240) 15330
226 Manuscript Documents, 1812-1814 (Calendar vol.250, p.260) 15331
227 Manuscript Documents, 1814-1816 (Calendar vol.250, p.282) 15332
228 Manuscript Documents, 1817-1820 (Calendar vol.250, p.300) 15332
229 Manuscript Documents, 1820-1821 (Calendar vol.250, p.336) 15333
230 Manuscript Documents, 1821-1822 (Calendar vol.250, p.336) 15333
231 Manuscript Documents, 1823-1824 (Calendar vol.250, p.354) 15534
232 Manuscript Documents, 1825-1826 (Calendar vol.250, p.369) 15334
233 Manuscript Documents, 1826-1827 (Calendar vol.250, p.385) 15335
234 Manuscript Documents, 1827-1828 (Calendar vol.250, p.401) 15335
235 Manuscript Documents, 1828-1830 (Calendar vol.250, p.425) 15336
236 Manuscript Documents, 1829-1830 (Calendar vol. 250, p.425) 15337
237 Manuscript Documents, 1829-1835 (Calendar vol.251, p.2) 15337
238 Manuscript Documents, 1831 (Calendar vol.250, p.437) 15338
239 Manuscript Documents, 1832-1833 (Calendar vol.250, p.449) 15338
240 Manuscript Documents, 1832-1835 (Calendar vol.250, p.462) 15339
241 Manuscript Documents, 1835-1836 (Calendar vol.251, p.22) 15339
242 Manuscript Documents, 1837-1838 (Calendar vol.251, p.38) 15340
243 Manuscript Documents, 1838 (Calendar vol.251, p.50) 15340
244 Manuscript Documents, 1833-1841 (Calendar vol.251, p.74) 15341
245 Manuscript Documents, 1837-1842 (Calendar vol. 251, p.86) 15341
246 Manuscript Documents, 1840 (Calendar vol.251, p.106) 15342
247 Manuscript Documents, 1840-1841 (Calendar vol.251. p.118) 15342
248 Manuscript Documents, 1760-1839 (Calendar vol.250, p.470) 15343
249 Manuscript Documents, 1812-1840 (Calendar vol.250, p.490) 15343
250 Calendars of Volumes 219-236, 238-240 15344
15345
251 Calendars of Volumes 237, 241-249 15345
252 Manuscript Documents, 1835-1838 (Calendar in volume) 15346
253 Manuscript Documents, 1839-1840 (Calendar in volume) 15347
254 Manuscript Documents, 1841-1842 (Calendar in volume) 15348
255 Manuscript Documents, 1843-1844 (Calendar in volume) 15349
256 Manuscript Documents, 1845-1847 (Calendar in volume) 15350
257 Manuscript Documents, 1848 (Calendar in volume) 15351
258 Manuscript Documents, 1849 (Calendar in volume) 15352
259 Manuscript Documents, 1850 (Calendar in volume) 15353
260 Manuscript Documents, 1851 (Calendar in volume) 15353
261 Manuscript Documents, 1851-1852 (Calendar in volume) 15354
262 Manuscript Documents, 1852 (Calendar in volume) 15354
263 Manuscript Documents, 1853 (Calendar in volume) 15355
264 Manuscript Documents, 1854 (Calendar in volume) 15355
265 Manuscript Documents, 1855 (Calendar in volume) 15356
266 Manuscript Documents, 1856 (Calendar in volume) 15356
267 Manuscript Documents, 1857 (Calendar in volume) 15357
268 Manuscript Documents, 1858 (Calendar in volume) 15357
269 Manuscript Documents, 1859 (Calendar in volume) 15358
270

'Manuscript Documents, 1860 (Calendar in volume)
15359
271 Manuscript Documents, 1861 (Calendar in volume) 15359
272 Manuscript Documents, 1862 (Calendar in volume) 15360
273 Manuscript Documents, 1863 (Calendar in volume) 15360
274 Manuscript Documents, 1864 (Calendar in volume) 15361
275 Manuscript Documents, 1864 (Calendar in volume) 15361
276 Manuscript Documents, 1865 (Calendar in volume) 1536
277 Manuscript Documents, 1866 (Calendar in volume) 15362
278 Manuscript Documents, 1768-1845 (Calendar in volume) 15362
278½ Manuscript Documents, 1840-1862 (Calendar in volume) 15363
279 Manuscript Documents, 1844-1857 (Calendar in volume) 15364
280 Manuscript Documents, 1851-1864 (Calendar in volume) 15365
281 Manuscript Documents, 1864-1867, 1870 (Calendar in volume) 15366
281½ Manuscript Documents, 1864-1867 (Calendar in volume) 15366
282 Manuscript Documents, 1808-1834 (Calendar in volume) 15367
282½ Manuscript Documents, 1830-1870 (Calendar in volume) 15368
283 Manuscript Documents, 1840-1865 (Calendar in volume) 15369
283½ Manuscript Documents, 1842-1865 (Calendar in volume) 15369
284 Andrew Brown papers, 1750-1791 (transcripts) 15370
285 Ship Expense Book, 1778-1780 15371
286 Legislative files of the Council, 1760-1790 (Calendar vol. 299, p.1) 15371
287 Legislative files of the Council, 1791-1809 (Calendar vol.299, p.20) 15371
288 Legislative files of the Council, 1809-1816 (Calendar vol. 299, p.36) 15372
289 Legislative files of the Council, 1816-1822 (Calendar vol. 299, p.48) 15374
290 Legislative files of the Council, 1823-1830 (Calendar vol.299, p.64) 15375
291 Legislative files of the Council, 1830-1832 (Calendar vol.300, p.1) 15376
292 Legislative files of the Council, 1833-1836 (Calendar vol.300, p.2) 15377
293 Legislative files of the Council, 1837-1838 (Calendar vol.300, p.24) 15378
294 Legislative files of the Council, 1836-1838 (Calendar vol.300, p.31) 15379
295 Files of the Legislative Council, 1839 (Calendar vol.300, p.31) 15380
296 Files of the Legislative Council, 1839-1841 (Calendar vol.300, p.46) 15381
297 Files of the Legislative Council, 1841 (Calendar vol.300, p.54) 15382
298 Legislative files of the Council, 1763-1833 (Calendar vol.299, p. 78) 15383
299 Calendars of Volumes 286-290, 301-310 15384
300 Calendars of Volumes 291-297, 311-314 15384
301 Files of the House of Assembly, 1758-1787 (Calendar vol. 299, p.104) 15384
302 Files of the House of Assembly, 1789-1800 (Calendar vol. 299, p.116) 15384
303 Files of the House of Assembly, 1800-1809 (Calendar vol.299, p.128) 15386
304 Files of the House of Assembly, 1809-1814 (Calendar vol. 299, p.140) 15386
305 Files of the House of Assembly, 1815-1818 (Calendar vol.299, p.152) 15386
15387
306 Files of the House of Assembly, 1819-1822 (Calendar vol.299, p.164) 15387
15388
307 Files of the House of Assembly, 1823-1828 (Calendar vol.299, p.176) 15389
308 Files of the House of Assembly, 1826-1829 (Calendar vol.299, p.188) 15389
309 Files of the House of Assembly, 1828-1831 (Calendar vol.299, p.200) 15390
310 Files of the House of Assembly, 1829-1831 (Calendar vol.299, p.208) 15391
311 Files of the House of Assembly, 1832-1833 (Calendar vol.300, p.86) 15392
312 Files of the House of Assembly, 1834-1835 (Calendar vol.300, p.96) 15393
313 Files of the House of Assembly, 1836-1837 (Calendar vol.300, p.107) 15393
314 Files of the House of Assembly, 1838-1841 (Calendar vol. 300, p.123) 15394
15395
315 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor of Cape Breton, 1784-1797 15395
316 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor of Cape Breton, 1798-1808 15396
317 Dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor of Cape Breton, 1809-1820 15396
317A Duplicate dispatches from Secretary of State to Lieutenant Governor of Cape Breton, 1809-1819 15397
318 Minutes of the Council of Cape Breton, 1785-1792 15398
319 Minutes of the Council of Cape Breton, 1787-1792 15398
320 Minutes of the Council of Cape Breton, 1794-1798 15399
321 Minutes of the Council of Cape Breton, 1798-1810 15399
322 Minutes of the Council of Cape Breton, 1810-1818 15400
323 Minutes of the Council of Cape Breton, 1818-1820 15400
324 Minutes of the Council of Cape Breton (draft), 1801-1809 15401
325 Minutes of the Council of Cape Breton, 1810-1820 (draft) 15401
326 Cape Breton papers, 1780-1809 (Calendar vol. 331, p.1) 15402
327 Cape Breton papers, 1810-1811 (Calendar vol. 331, p.17) 15402
328 Cape Breton papers, 1817 (Calendar vol.331, p.33) 15403
329 Cape Breton papers, 1818-1820 (Calendar vol.331, p.49) 15403
330 Cape Breton papers, 1799-1841 (Calendar vol. 331, p.61) 15404
331 Calendars of Volumes 326-329 15404
332 Transcripts from the Public Record Office of records relating to Cape Breton, 1785-1788 (Calendar in volume) 15405
333 Cape Breton papers, 1785-1820 (Calendar vol. 331, p.69) 15405
334 Cape Breton papers, 1773, 1820-1824 (Calendar vol. 470, p.290) 15406
335 Cape Breton papers, 1824-1827 (Calendar vol. 470, p. 302) 15407
336 Cape Breton papers, 1828-1829 (Calendar vol. 470, p.314) 15408
337 Cape Breton papers, 1830-1833 (Calendar vol.470, p.326) 15409
338 Cape Breton papers, 1832-1844 (Calendar vol. 470, p.340) 15410
15411
15412 (duplicate?)
339 Provincial Secretary's Cape Breton letter book, 1820-1822 15411
15412
340 Provincial Secretary's Cape Breton letter book, 1828-1832 15412
15413
341 Thomas Pichon correspondence, 1753-1755 (Calendar in volume) 15414
341½ Thomas Pichon documents, [17--] (transcripts) 15414
342 Crown prosecution records, 1749-1779 (Calendar vol. 470, p.145) 15412
343 Crown prosecution records, 1794-1832 15415
344 Parliamentary Estimates (Nova Scotia), 1751-1834 15416
345 Parliamentary Acts relating to NS, 1747-1822 15417
346 Royal and other Proclamations, 1748-1823. 15419
347 Royal Warrants, etc., 1753-1840. 15419
348 Royal Instructions to Governors of NS, 1729-1756. 15421
348A Royal Instructions, 1713-1764 (transcribed extracts) 15420
349 Royal Instructions, 1756-1790 15421
349A Royal Instructions to Lieutenant Governor Sir John Sherbrooke, 1816. 15422
350 Royal Instructions, 1803-1841. 15421
350A Royal Instructions to Governor Cornwallis, 1749 (transcript) 15422
351 Royal Instructions, 1840-1846. 15423
351A Royal Instructions, 1841-1854. 15423
351B Royal Instructions, 1838-1843 15423
15424
352 Royal Instructions, 1832-1867 15425
353 Royal Instructions on the granting of land in Nova Scotia, 1807 15425
354 British Orders in Council, 1752-1767 15425
355 Orders in Council, 1767-1840 15426
356 Orders in Council, 1764-1852 15426
357 Colonel John Winslow's Journal, 1755 (transcript) 15427
358 Colonel John Winslow's Journal, 1755-1756 (transcript) 15427
359 Township settlement records, 1759-1840 15428
360 Township proprietor lists [1760?] 15429
361 Township partition records, 1761-1784 15429
361½ Onslow township book, 1761-1855. 15429
362 Horton township partition records, 1761 15430
363 Andrew Brown papers on the Deportation of Acadians (transcripts) 15430
363½ Transcribed documents relating to Louisbourg, Québec and the deported Acadians, 1758-1790 15430
364 Transcribed documents concerning the siege of Fort Cumberland (1776), 1775-1805. 15431
365 Transcribed military correspondence relating to Nova Scotia, 1745-1818 15432
366 Transcripts from the Sir Frederick Haldimand papers, 1761-1783. 15432
367 Transcripts from the Sir Frederick Haldimand papers, 1773-1784 15433
367½ Transcripts from the Sir Frederick Haldimand papers, 1767-1789. 15433
368 Transcripts from the Sir Guy Carleton papers, 1774-1783. 15433
369 Transcripts from the Sir Guy Carleton papers, 1776-1783. 15434
370 Preston Township register of grantees, 1784-1787 15434
371 Register of grantees of land in Nova Scotia, 1763-1811 15434
372 Register of grantees of Shelburne Township and District, 1783. 15436
373 Register of settlers and grantees of Preston township, 1784-1787 15435
374 Register of Township grants and boundaries, 1760-1767 15435
375 Abstracts of property sold by order of the Court of Vice-Admiralty, 1811-1816 15436
15437
376 Muster rolls of Loyalist refugees, 1784 15436
15437
376½ Register of Foreign Legion recruits (Crimean War), 1855 15436
15438
377 List of causes in the Court of Escheats and Foreitures, 1770-1839 15437
15439
378 Calendar of case files (various judicial courts), 1760-1868 15440
379 Records relating to casual and territorial revenues, 1826-1840. 15440
380 Titus Smith Survey journal, 1801-02 (copy) 15441
380A Titus Smith's manuscript field-book (western tour), 1801 15441
380B Titus Smith's manuscript field-book (eastern tour), 15441
381 Records relating to County sheriffs, boundaries and jails, 1808-1836 15442
382 Records relating to the early history of Lunenburg, 1761-1778 15442
383 'Blue Books' (official statistics), 1829-1837 15443
384 Colonial Land and Emigration Commission, 1841 15443
384A Emigration statistics for Nova Scotia, 1861 15444
385 'Correspondence between Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and British Minister in Washington, 1798-1830 15444
386 Correspondence between Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and British Minister in Washington, 1844-1854 15445
387 Correspondence between Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and British Minister in Washington, 1852-1864 15445
388 Correspondence between Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and fellow Lieutenant Governors, 1816-1849 15446
389 Correspondence between Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and fellow Lieutenant Governors, 1840-1858 15446
390 Correspondence between Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and fellow Lieutenant Governors, 1838-1858 15447
391 Correspondence between Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and fellow Lieutenant Governors, 1852-1858 15447
392 Correspondence between Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and fellow Lieutenant Governors, and Admirals on the North American Station 15448
393 [Not extant]  
394 Surveyor-General's letter book of instructions, 1783-1784 15448
15449
394A Surveyor-General's abstracts of land grant reports, 1784-1807 15450
395 Surveyor-General's letter book of instructions, 1784-1788 15450
396 Surveyor-General's letter book of instructions, 1788-1800 15451
396A [See Volume 394A] 15451
396B Surveyor-General's letter book of instructions, 1800-1826 15452
397 Provincial treasurer's accounts, 1758-1780 15451
398 Provincial treasurer's accounts, 1780-1798 15453
398½ Provincial treasurer's accounts, 1797-1811 15453
399 Provincial treasurer's accounts, 1797-1820 15453
400 Provincial treasurer's accounts, 1821-1843 15454
400A Provincial treasurer's accounts, 1812-1834 15454
401 Register of permits granted for rum, &c. 15454
402 [Number unused]  
403 Quit rent accounts, 1772-1787 15455
404 Quit rent accounts, 1783-1785 15455
405 Quit rent accounts, 1784 15455
406 Quit rent accounts, 1808-1816 15456
407 Quit rent accounts, 1816-1827 15456
408 [Number unused]  
409 Records relating to settlement on the Saint John River, 1764-1809 15456
410 [Halifax Allotment Book, 1749-1786] 12394
411 Records relating to the town of Halifax, 1754-1828 15457
412 Records relating to the town of Halifax, 1817-1836 15458
413 Records relating to the town and city of Halifax, 1832-1870 15458
414 Records relating to the town and city of Halifax, 1790-1866 15459
415 Records relating to the town and city of Halifax, 1831-1869 15459
416 [See Volume 415]  
417 A List of families...who have been settled in Nova Scotia since 1749..., 1752 15460
418 'Commissioners of the Provincial Penitentiary, monthly visitation reports, 1844-1852 15460
419 Negro and Maroon settlements, 1790-1834 15460-15462
420 Negro and Maroon settlements, 1813-1816 15462-15464
421 Negro and Maroon settlements, 1816-1818 15463
15464
422 Negro and Maroon settlements, 1818-1819 15463
423 The 'Book of Negroes,' 1783 (transcript) 15465
424 Government establishment on Sable Island, 1801-1820 15465
425 Government establishment on Sable Island, 1802-1865 15466
426 Government establishment on Sable Island, 1825-1863 15467
426½ Government establishment on Sable Island, 1852-1858 15467
427 Logbooks of the Revenue Schooner Daring, 1852-1856 15468
428 Logbooks of the Revenue Schooner Daring, 1856-1859 15468
429 Logbooks of the Revenue Schooner Daring, 1859-1862 15468
430 1751-1848. Indian Affairs 15469
431 1832-1866. Indian Affairs 15471
15472
432 Letter book of Commissioner for Indian Affairs (Joseph Howe), 1841-1842 15471
15472
433 Church of England glebe and school lands, 1779-1852 15473
434 Church of England glebe and school lands, 1803-1849 15473
435 Church of England glebe and school lands and letters of induction, 1795-1866 15474
436 Stipends of Church of England clergy, 1839-1867 15474
436A Official correspondence relating to the Church of England in the colonies, 1855-1865 (copies) 15474
436½ Lieutenant Governor's register of inductions of Anglican rectors, 1852-1873 15475
437 Establishment, incorporation and proposals for union of the University of King's College and Dalhousie University, 1816-1853 15475
437A Proposed union of University of King's College and Dalhousie University, 1832-1852 15475
437B University of King's College, 1870s. 15476
438 Schools and school lands, 1823-1861 15476
439 Schools and school lands, 1813-1839 15476
440 Nova Scotia Militia, 1778-1850 15477
441 Nova Scotia Militia, 1829-1841 15478
442 Nova Scotia Militia, 1841-1866 and Electric Telegraphs, 1847-1863 15478
443 Census returns and poll tax rolls, 1767-1794 15479
444 Poll tax rolls, 1790-1793 13579
444½ Poll tax rolls, 1791-1796 15479
445 Poll tax rolls, 1792; 1808-1817 (Halifax assessments) 15479
446 1827 Census 13580
447 1827 Census 13580
448 1838 Census (HX) 13580
449 1838 Census (AP, CO, DI, GU, HT, KI, LU, QU, SH, YA) 13581
449A 1838 Census, Cape Breton Island. 13581
449B 1838 Census, Pictou County. 13581
450 1838 Census, Sydney [Antigonish] County 13581
451 1851 Census, Halifax City 15481
452 1851 Census, Halifax County 15481
452½ 1851 Census, Kings County 15482
453 1851 Census. General Abstract 15483
454 1861 Census (official report) 15483
455 Railway papers, 1835-1867 15483
456 Railway papers, 1845-1870 15484
457 Railway papers, 1856-1857 15484
457½ Railway papers, 1855-1867 15484
458 Mines and Minerals, 1800-1839 15485
458½ Mines and Minerals, 1800-1839 15485
459 Mines and Minerals, 1819-1846 15485
460 Mines and Minerals, 1815-1854 15486
461 Mines and Minerals, 1845-1866 15486
462 Mines and Minerals, 1849-1866 15487
463 Mines and Minerals, 1815-1820 15487
464 Mines and Minerals, 1834-1865 15487
465 Mines and Minerals, 1859-1863 15488
465½ Mines and Minerals, 1847-1868 15488
466 Calendars of records and books in the Provincial Secretary's office, 1749-1807 15489-15490
466½ Register of dispatches from the Lords of Trade and Secretary of State, 1750-1834 15490
467 Calendar of dispatches from the Lords of Trade and Secretary of State, 1759-1835 15490
467½ Register of dispatches received by the Lieutenant Governor from the Colonial Office, 1819-1828 15491
467¾ Register of letters received by the Provincial Secretary's Office, 1863-1864 15491
468 [Not extant]  
469 [= RG 32 series WB vol 91] Catalogue of marriage licences, 1853-1864 16544
470 Catalogue of calendars 15491
471 Calendar of New Brunswick Acadian documents, 1654-1711 (transcript) 15492
472 [Not extant]  
473 [Not extant]  
473½ Alphabetical and chronological index to Crown Land Grants, 1725-1768 15492
474 [See RG 39 J (HX) vol 117]
475 [See RG 39 J (HX) vol 1]
476 [See RG 39 J (HX) vol 2]
477 Manuscript Documents of Nova Scotia, 1862-1863 (supplemental) 15493
478 [See RG 39 J (HX) vol 98]
479 [See RG 39 J (HX) vol 99]
480 [RG 39 J (HX) vol 100]
481 [See RG 39 J (HX) vol 101]
482 [See RG 39 J (HX) vol 119]
483 [See RG 39 J (HX) vol 118]
484 [See RG 39 J (HX) vol 116]
485 [See RG 36 vol 75(i)]
486 [See RG 37 (HX) vol A]
487 [See RG 37 (HX) vol ]
488 [See RG 37 (HX) vol 24]
489 [See RG 37 (HT) vol 1]
490 [See RG 39 J (HX) vol 140]
491 Records of the Court of Vice-Admiralty, 1749-1751 15494
492 Records of the Court of Vice-Admiralty, 1751-1756 15494
493 Records of the Court of Vice-Admiralty, 1756-1759 15495
494 Records of the Court of Vice-Admiralty, 1761-1764 15495
495 Records of the Court of Vice-Admiralty, 1769-1778 15496
496 Records of the Court of Vice-Admiralty, 1777-1782 15496
497 Records of the Court of Vice-Admiralty, 1782-1794 15497
498 Records of the Court of Vice Admiralty, 1813 15497
499 Letters of Agency issued by the Court of Vice-Admiralty, 1776-1781 15497
499½ Records of the Court of Vice-Admiralty, 1794-1801 15498
500 Letters of Agency, Court of Vice- Admiralty, 1781-1798 15498
500A Lists of vessels captured, 1793-1818 15499
501 Letters of Agency issued by the Court of Vice-Admiralty, 1813-1821 15499
501A Lists of vessels captured, 1814-1818 15500
502 Halifax Firewards, 1804-1835 15501
503 Halifax Firewards, 1835-1853 15501
503½ Union Fire Protection Company, 1789-1807 15501
504 Union Fire Engine Company, 1826-1835 15502
505 Union Fire Engine Company, 1835-1846 15502, 15503
506 Union Fire Engine Company, 1847-1861 15503
507 Hand in Hand Fire Company, 1802-1821 15503
508 Axe Fire Company, 1813-1838 15504
509 Axe Fire Company, 1839-1852 15505, 15506
510 Axe Fire Company, 1839-1861 15506
511 Axe Fire Company, 1854-1861 15506
512 Union Fire Protection Company, 1862-1876 15507
513 Union Fire Protection Company, 1876-1883 15507
514 Union Fire Protection Company, 1883-1893 15508
515 Union Fire Protection Company, 1861-1873 15508
516 Union Fire Protection Company, 1879-1890 15508
517 Union Fire Protection Company, 1908-1914 15509
518 UFP Company scrapbook, 1858-1873 15510
519 UFP Company scrapbook, 1879-1906 15510
520 UFP Company scrapbook, 1906-1917 15510
521 William Bollan's memorial on the preservation of Nova Scotia [after 1748] 15511
522 Calendar of Manuscript documents arranged under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Records, 1861 15512
523 Cornwallis ship passenger list, Chebucto, 1749 (partial transcript) 15513
524 Miscellaneous manuscript documents, 1744-1852, collected by the Commissioner 15513
525 Annotated copy of Beamish Murdoch, History of the Nova-Scotia, or Acadie 15514
526 Miscellaneous manuscript documents, 1751-1836, collected by the Commissioner 15514
527 Autographs of various Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia and other officials 15514
528 Carbon copies of mould-infested documents removed from elsewhere in RG 1 (Volumes 29-33, 49, 232, 234-239) 15514
529 Index of dispatches from Secretary of State to governors of Nova Scotia, 1750-1845 15515
530 Mi'kmaq holograph [177-?] 15515
531 Index to House of Assembly Journals, 1802-1806 15515
532 Indexes to Assembly Journals, 1806-1826 15516
533 Indexes to Assembly Journals, 1806-1826 15516
534 Indexes to Assembly Journals, 1806-1826 15516
534A Indexes to Assembly Journals, 1806-1826 15516
535 Indexes to Assembly Journals, 1806-1826 15517
536 Rough copies of Council minutes, 1804-1815 15517
537 Rough copies of Council minutes, 1804-1815 15517
538 Rough copies of Council minutes, 1804-1815 15517
539 Rough copies of Council minutes, 1804-1815 15517
540A Rules and Orders of the House of Assembly, 1783-1821 15518
540B House of Assembly Clerk and Speaker's letter-book, 1819-1845 15518
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