Upper Canada land book I, 1811-1816 : [a copy of all the minutes of Council concerning the waste lands of the Crown lying in the Province of Upper Canada]
Description
- Statement Of Responsibility
- by the Clerk of the Executive Council
- Author
- Upper Canada (Province). Executive Council. Land Committee (York, Ont.)
- Media Type
- Text
- Genealogical Resource
- Item Type
- Books
- Notes
- Series: Upper Canada Land Books
"Contents : Name index and general index [27 lvs.] --- Minutes of the Council meetings concerning land grants [193 lvs. - with 2 pages of minutes on each leaf].; Page 102 not used ; jumps from p. 101 to p. 103.; Page 387 is written on the verso sheet facing page 1 of the ""A"" index..; Meetings were transferred to York Council Chambers by the end of 1797 ; none were held in Newark afterward.; The land grants first assigned were to the Districts created in July 1788, originally named 1) Hesse, 2) Nassau, 3) Mechlenberg and 4) Lunenburg ; Later, in October 1792, after the division of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada, these were renamed the 1) Western, 2) Home, 3) Midland and 4) Eastern Districts.; Lunenburg was originally written Luneburg; In October, 1792, the original Land Office Boards were increased from four to seven which is reflected in the later land books"
- Publisher
- The Council
- Edition
- Negative blueprint
- Collation
- 27 lvs [i.e p. 1-53], 193 lvs [i.e. p. 1-387]
- Date of Original
- 1811-1816
- Subject(s)
- ID Number
- O/S 929.3 713 Upper 1816
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- Toronto Reference Library, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Contact
- The Ontario Genealogical SocietyEmail:library@ogs.on.ca
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