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1703-1886 (Reproduction)
- Reproducer
- Great Britain. Colonial Office
- Note
- Microfilm 1963-1989
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Physical description
289 reels of microfilm
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Scope and content
Consists of portions of the Colonial Office records containing information about Nova Scotia through the British colonial period. The collection includes the original correspondence or dispatches (in-letters) of the various colonial governors of Nova Scotia or other senior officials responsible for administering the colonial government, as well as entry books (out-letters) consisting of copies of Colonial Office replies. These are supplemented with various indexes, registers, acts passed by the colonial legislature, Blue Books of Statistics, sessional papers and miscellanea.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Acquired through the National Archives of Canada's diffusion programme between 1963 and 1990. Microfilm copies of the originals were made for the National Archvies of Canada by the Public Record Office, London, England.
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The originals are in the custody of the National Archives (United Kingdom).
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Finding aids
While the Nova Scotia Archives has created finding aids for each series of microform Colonial Office records it its collection the finding aids created by Library and Archives Canada and its predecessors remain of great use. Very detailed background information on the origins and records of the Colonial Office as well as detailed class descriptions of material acquired by the National Archives of Canada are found in the printed General Inventory, Manuscripts volume 2 MG 11 to MG 16. Ottawa : 1976. This is available in the Nova Scotia Archives Library CD 3626.
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General note
Records in the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor's of Nova Scotia contain inward letters and copies of outward letters of the Governor of Nova Scotia. In addition, the fonds of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council of Nova Scotia contain record series duplicated in this collection.