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Document Listing (Volumes 115-184) Great Britain Document Listing (Volumes 115-184) Great Britain. Colonial Office. Original Correspondence: America and West Indies: Selections: 1702-1794 (MIC-Loyalist FC LPR .G7C6A4C6S4) Note: The selected documents were transcribed by Library and Archives Canada from material in The National Archives in England that were of interest to Canada. Volumes UNB Date Page Location Notes 115-175, 178-179, Reel 182-184 Volumes 115-117, Petitions, 1772-1781 (selections) 115 1 2 October 114 Québec Louis Lotbiniѐre to Earl of Hillsborough [Secretary of State for the 1772 Colonies, 1768-1772] 115 1 [1772] 5-8 Memorial of Lotbiniѐre to Earl of Hillsborough [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1768-1772] 115 1 4 November 17-20 Westminster Petition of Jonathan Carver to the King [George III; King of Great 1773 Britain and Ireland, 1760-1820] 115 1 7 June 1773 21-24 New York Memorial of Daniel Blouin to Lt. Gov. Thomas Gage [Commander in Chief, North America, 1763-1775] 115 1 5 December 45-48 Memorial of Robert Grant and Col. Simon Fraser to Earl of 1774 Dartmouth [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1772-1775] 115 1 1 October 49-52 Québec Present state of the Courts of Justice in the province of Québec 1774 115 1 17 September 59-62 Nightingale, Memorial of Edmund Crawley to Earl of Dartmouth [Secretary of 1774 Woolwich State for the Colonies, 1772-1775] 115 1 [1774] 63-66 Memorial of Lt. Gov. J. Desbrisay to Earl of Dartmouth [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1772-1775] 115 1 12 November 67-68 An act to prevent waste or destruction of Pine or other timber 1774 trees on certain reserved and ungranted lands in Nova Scotia 115 1 23 February 69-72 London Memorial of Lawrence Kavanagh to Lords of trade by Watson and 1775 Rashleigh 115 1 12 June 1775 105- Somerset House Lt. Gov. J. Desbrisay to Earl of Dartmouth [Secretary of State for 108 the Colonies, 1772-1775] 115 1 12 June 1775 109-112 Memorial of Lt. Gov. Desbrisay to Earl of Dartmouth [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1772-1775] 115 1 2 March 1771 127-130 London Memorial of merchants and traders concerned in the fisheries of the Bay of Chaleur and Gaspey [Gaspe], to Earl of Hillsborough [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1768-1772] 115 1 29 August 139-142 London Petition of Alexander Grant to the King [George III; King of Great Britain 1775 and Ireland, 1760-1820] 115 1 12 August 147-150 Memorial of Lt. Gov. Desbrisay to Earl of Dartmouth [Secretary of State for 1775 the Colonies, 1772-1775] 115 1 [1775] 151-154 Memorial of the proprietors of the Island of St. John to Earl of Dartmouth [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1772-1775] 115 1 [1775] 155-162 Memorial of Captain John Adam [40th Regiment of Foot] to Earl of Dartmouth [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1772-1775] with copies of certificates 115 1 21 December 183-186 Charlotte Town, Memorial of Thomas Wright to Earl of Dartmouth [Secretary of State for 1774 Island of St. John the Colonies, 1772-1775] 115 1 3 December 187-190 Memorial of Adrian Van Brackell to the Lords of Trade 1775 115 1 [1776] 203-206 Memorial of Thomas Wright to Earl of Dartmouth [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1772-1775] 115 1 [1776] 227-230 Memorial of Adrian Van Brackell to the Lords of Trade 115 1 1 March 1776 265-268 London Memorial of merchants of Québec now in London to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 115 1 1776 289-292 Memorial of Murdoch Maclaine [Royal Highland Engineers] to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 115 1 8 February 297-300 Petition of the merchants engaged in the fisheries on the coast of Nova 1776 Scotia and Québec 115 1 July 1776 305-308 London Memorial of Major Henry Basset [10th Regiment of Foot] to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 115 1 1776 309-312 Petition of Charles Benigne L’Archeveque to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 115 1 8 March 1776 317-320 Memorial of Lt. Col. H. Douglas to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 115 1 12 March 325-328 Memorial of George Suckling to George Germain [Secretary of State for 1776 the Colonies, 1775-1782] 115 1 [1776] 329-336 Memorial of Walter Patterson to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 115 1 25 April 1776 337-344 London Memorial of Charles Nethercott to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 115 1 18 March 377-380 Petition of Thomas Batt to the King [George III; King of Great Britain and 1776 Ireland, 1760-1820] 115 1 11 March 397-400 Memorial of Lt. Col. Allan MacLean to George Germain [Secretary of State 1776 for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 115 1 12 June 1775 401-404 Headquarters, Copy of Beating Order or Warrant from General Cage to Lt. Col. MacLean. Boston 115 1 [24 December 405-408 Estimate of the expense of Lt. Col. Allan Maclean’s [corps] of immigrants 1776] 115 1 4 January 1776 409-412 Headquarters, Present state of the regiment of Royal Highland Americans Boston 115 1 [1776] 417-418 Memorial of Dennis Carleton to Lords of the Treasury. 115 1 1 June 1776 419-422 Memorial of John Clapham to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 115 1 November 435-436 Memorial of Francis Waldo to George Germain [Secretary of State for the 1776 + 442 Colonies, 1775-1782] 115 1 [1776] 437-438 A State of Mr. Waldo’s title to Nova Scotia 115 1 10 July 1776 443-446 Quebec Memorial of William Gordon to Earl of Dartmouth [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1772-1775] 115 1 25 January 459-462 London Memorial of Mrs. Grant, “Baronnne Douairière de Longueuil” in Canada 1776 (French) 116 1 30 May & 17 15-24 Memorial of Lt. Richard Reeves to George Germain [Secretary of State for April 1753 the Colonies, 1775-1782] 116 1 [1777] 39-42 Memorial of Lt. Col. James Murray to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 116 1 31 July 1777 43-46 Pall Mall Major J. Van Braam to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 116 1 [July 1777] 47-50 Memorial of Jacob Van Braam to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 116 1 26 June 1777 51-54 Quebec Memorial of Peter Livius to the King [George III; King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1760-1820] 116 1 2 April 1778 91-94 London Petition of the merchants and such inhabitants of the Province of Quebec to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 116 1 5 May 1778 149-152 Fleet Prison, London Petition of Loring John Friswell to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 116 1 19 August 203-206 Memorial of James Wilson and Company Merchants in Kilmarnock to 1778 George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 116 1 1778 207-210 Memorial of the Freighters and Carriers of the Cargo of the Ship Martha to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 116 1 [1779] 219-222 Memorial of James Stirling to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 116 1 20 July 1778 241-244 Montreal Memorial of Samuel Mackay to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 116 1 29 October 245-246 Buckingham St. General McLean to Francis MacKay 1778 116 1 20 July 1778 247-258 Montreal Samuel MacKay to Gen. MacLean 116 1 1778 275-278 Memorial of John Burke to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 116 1 28 July [1788] 279-282 Commission to John Burke to be Coroner and Clerk of the Peace at Montreal with certificate 116 1 [1778] 283-284 George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] to the Gov. of Quebec 116 1 [1778] 285-288 John Burke to Richard Cumberland 117 1 [1779] 93-96 Memorial of Capt. Lieut. Beacroft [24th Regiment of Foot] to Lords of Treasury 117 1 11 October 97-100 London Capt. Lieut. Beacroft to William Knox [Under-Secretary of State for the 1779 Colonies, 1770-1782] 117 1 [1779] 137-140 No. 55 Margaret St., Petition of Lieutenant Joseph Smyth to George Germain [Secretary of State Cavendish Square for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 117 1 [1779?] 165-168 Petition of Captain William de la Place to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 117 1 1 September 169-172 Ticonderoga De La Place to Lt. Gov. Thomas Gage [Commander in Chief, North America, 1774 1763-1775] 117 1 10 May 1775 173-176 Ticonderoga Inventory of Private Stock belonging to De La Place 117 1 5 October 177 Boston Gage to De la Place 1774 117 1 [1779?] 185-188 Memorial of William Nisbett to George Germain [Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1775-1782] 117 1 30 September 209-210 Bethnal Green, Petition of Richard Woodmass to George Germain [Secretary of State for 1779 + 226 [London] the Colonies, 1775-1782] 117 1 13 October 211-212 Quebec Passport for Richard Woodmass 1778 117 1 5 October 213 Quebec Certificate of Lt. Col. Henry Caldwell and Major Thomas Faunce regarding 1778 Ricahrd Woodmass 117 1 13 May 1776 217 Quebec Certificate of Capt.
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