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1744 - ? (Creation)
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46 cm of textual records (20 volumes)
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Series forms part of the Commissioner of Public Records collection collection and consists of original documents, copies of documents, and lists, indexes and calendars of documents. Includes a memorial (ca. 1748) on the preservation of Nova Scotia by William Bollan, agent for the province of Massachusetts Bay, addressed to Secretary of State the Duke of Bedford; a five-part catalogue of manuscript documents arranged under the direction of T.B. Akins, 1861; Akins's transcription of the "Mess Book" (passenger list of settlers who came to Chebucto with Governor Cornwalllis in June 1749); some 35 miscellaneous documents, 1744-1852, collected by Akins but never arranged or described (includes letters of General Amherst to Governor Lawrence, and of Colonel Mascarene from Annapolis Royal); a copy of Beamish Murdoch's History of Nova-Scotia, or Acadie annotated by William John Stirling; some 62 miscellaneous documents, 1751-1836, collected by Akins but never calendared (list accompanying); a collection of autographs of various Nova Scotia governors and officials; carbon copies of typewritten transcripts of mould-infested documents elsewhere in RG 1; an index to the secretary of state's dispatches, 1750-1845, prepared by T.B. Akins; a manuscript book written in Mi'kmaq; indexes to the journals of the House of Assembly, 1802-1826; rough copies of the minutes of Council, 1804-1815; and rules and orders of the House of Assembly, 1783-1821 (same book, in reverse, contains clerk and speaker's letter-book, 1819-1845).
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Passenger list transcription incomplete.
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Bollan's memorial (volume 521) purchased from House of Antiques in 1978.
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Volumes 540A and 540B form one book.
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RG 1 volumes 521-540.
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Volume 521 - William Bollan's memorial on the preservation of Nova Scotia [after 1748] - microfilm 15511
Volume 522 - Calendar of Manuscript documents arranged under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Records, 1861 - microfilm 15512
Volume 523 - Cornwallis ship passenger list, Chebucto, 1749 (partial transcript) - microfilm 15513
Volume 524 - Miscellaneous manuscript documents, 1744-1852, collected by the Commissioner - microfilm 15513
Volume 525 - Annotated copy of Beamish Murdoch, History of the Nova-Scotia, or Acadie - microfilm 15514
Volume 526 - Miscellaneous manuscript documents, 1751-1836, collected by the Commissioner - microfilm 15514
Volume 527 - Autographs of various lieutenant-governors of Nova Scotia and other officials - microfilm 15514
Volume 528 - Carbon copies of mould-infested documents removed from elsewhere in RG 1 (volumes 29-33, 49, 232, 234-239) - microfilm 15514
Volume 529 - Index of dispatches from Secretary of State to governors of Nova Scotia, 1750-1845 - microfilm 15515
Volume 530 - Mi'kmaq holograph [177-?] - microfilm 15515
Volume 531 - Index to House of Assembly Journals, 1802-1806 - microfilm 15515
Volume 532 - Indexes to Assembly Journals, 1806-1826 - microfilm 15516
Volume 533 - Indexes to Assembly Journals, 1806-1826 - microfilm 15516
Volume 534 - Indexes to Assembly Journals, 1806-1826 - microfilm 15516
Volume 534A - Indexes to Assembly Journals, 1806-1826 - microfilm 15516
Volume 535 - Indexes to Assembly Journals, 1806-1826 - microfilm 15517
Volume 536 - Rough copies of Council minutes, 1804-1815 - microfilm 15517
Volume 537 - Rough copies of Council minutes, 1804-1815 - microfilm 15517
Volume 538 - Rough copies of Council minutes, 1804-1815 - microfilm 15517
Volume 539 - Rough copies of Council minutes, 1804-1815 - microfilm 15517
Volume 540A - Rules and Orders of the House of Assembly, 1783-1821 - microfilm 15518
Volume 540B - House of Assembly Clerk and Speaker's letter-book, 1819-1845 - microfilm 15518
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Passenger list transcription published in Akins, Selections from the Public Documents.
Passenger list of settlers who came to Chebucto with Governor Cornwallis was removed from the custody of the registrar of the Court of Vice-Admiralty and has not been seen since 1856.