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Colonial Office and predecessors: Canada, formerly British North America, Original...
Catalogue reference: CO 42
What's it about?
CO 42
This series contains original correspondence relating to British North America, later Canada.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 42
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office and predecessors: Canada, formerly British North America, Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1700-1922
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to British North America, later Canada.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Bound volumes arranged chronologically, and from 1801 within the following subject headings: Despatches (letters of the governors), Offices (letters of government departments and other organisations) and Individuals (arranged alphabetically). Each volume with a contents list, or précis of each letter giving name of correspondent, date of letter and subject matter.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records relating to New Brunswick before 1867 see CO 188
For records relating to Vancouver Island before 1871 see CO 305
For records relating to Nova Scotia and Cape Breton before 1867 see CO 217
For records relating to British Columbia before 1872 see CO 60
For records after 1922 see CO 532
For records relating to Prince Edward Island before 1873 see CO 226
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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For part of the correspondence arranged as 'public offices and individuals' correspondence, 1857 to 1868, see
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1045 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Americas
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers to correspondence before 1850 see CO 326, from 1850 see CO 335. For registers of out-letters see CO 329 and CO 340. For indexed précis of correspondence see CO 714.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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French Canada, of which the first settlement was planted at Quebec in 1608, was conquered by Britain during the Seven Years' War and ceded to her in 1763. From 1763 until 1774 there was a military administration under a governor, but in 1774 a nominated council was established. By the Canada Act of 1791 Canada was divided into two provinces, Upper Canada (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Quebec). An executive council, a nominated legislative council and an elective house of assembly were established in each province. In 1838 the constitution of Lower Canada was suspended, but by an act of 1840 the two provinces were reunited with a single executive council, nominated legislative council and elective house of assembly. Responsible government was established in 1842, and in 1856 the legislative council was made partly elective. In 1867 the British North America Act united the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia as the Dominion of Canada. Other provinces were added later.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, 1574-1739 (HMSO, 1860-1994; CDROM edition, Routledge, 2000)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4233/
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