Collection search - Civil Secretary, appointments to offices. Upper Canada and Canada West [textual record]

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Civil Secretary, appointments to offices. Upper Canada and Canada West [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1793-1876.

Reference:

R14743-0-X-E, RG5-B7, RG5-B29, RG5-B17, RG5-B10, RG5-B9

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105217

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Civil Secretary, appointments to offices. Upper Canada and Canada West
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Fonds includes:

5 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1793-1876.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

7.49 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Records accumulated by the Civil Secretary in fulfilment of his duties relating to the issuance of licences and the management of appointments to office have been organized into series of applications and recommendations (B 7), bonds and certificates (B 9), correspondence of the Inspector of Licences (B 10), documents relating to the Court of Requests (B 29) and applications for licences as notaries public (B 17). All of these are closely linked to other series.

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Upper Canada and Canada West. Civil Secretary. Appointments to offices

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Upper Canada and Canada West. Civil Secretary. Appointments to offices : As custodian of the Lieutenant Governor's privy seal, the Civil Secretary was responsible for the preparation and issuance of all licences and other documents to which that Seal was affixed. Related responsibilities included the recording of applications and recommendations for appointments to offices, particularly magistrates, and supervision of the Court of Requests. While letters patent, commissions, warrants and other documents issued over the Great Seal of the province were prepared in the office of the Provincial Secretary and Registrar, custodian of that seal, they were submitted to the governor for signature through the Civil Secretary.

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Textual records (Electronic) The shelf lists in the Guide for RG 5 identify the reel numbers for the volumes which have been microfilmed and provide descriptive detail to the volume level for all series. Some volumes include an index or table of contents. MSS2434 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/p000003161.pdf

Textual records (Paper) Finding Aid 1809 is a nominal index to the marriage bonds (volumes 13-44 of series B 9). Abstracts of the bonds were published by T.B. Wilson through Hunterdon House of Lambertville, N.Y. in 1985. MSS1809 (90: Open)

Textual records (Paper) The nominal index cards for the medical licence applications (volumes 61 to 68) and for the bonds of certain public officials (volumes 71 to 78) were incorporated into the General Index. (90: Open)
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/genealogy/Pages/general-index.aspx

(Electronic) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_105217

(Electronic) Les documents décrits ont été complètement ou en partie numérisés et sont disponibles à l'adresse suivante : (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_105217?usrlang=fr

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General note:

Although the province of Upper Canada existed only between 1791 and 1841, and the province of Canada between 1841 and 1867, records of earlier and later dates have been incorporated into some series.

Availability of other formats note:

The marriage bonds (RG 5, B 9, volumes 13-44) have been available on microfilm since 1973 (reels C-6777 to C-6791). Finding Aid 1809 was microfilmed in 1981 (and is available on reels H-1126 to H-1128).
Subject heading:

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Upper Canada - Officials and employees - Selection and appointment

Canada West - Officials and employees - Selection and appointment, [1803-1876]

Canada - Officials and employees - Selection and appointment, [1803-1876]

Civil service - Upper Canada, [1803-1876]

Civil service - Canada, [1803-1876]

Examinations - Upper Canada, [1803-1876]

Examinations - Canada, [1803-1876]

Petitions - Upper Canada, [1803-1876]

Petitions - Canada, [1803-1876]

Civil Service - Examinations
Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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RG5-B7
RG5-B29
RG5-B17
RG5-B10
RG5-B9
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]
The series which have been microfilmed are now withdrawn from circulation as a protective conservation measure. Researchers must use the microfilm for consultation and for reproduction purposes. Only photographic copies can be made of the documents written on parchment.

Volume [RG5 B 7] 22

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1809] 1--16

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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Date modified:: 2024-04-09