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Sub-subseries
Seigneuries
Date
1765-1838
Dimensions8 textual records
Origin
Canada
Object NumberS001/C2.4
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentThis sub-sub-series relates to land management in the Province of Quebec and the Maritimes between 1765 and 1782. It focuses on concessions of land allocated in Quebec under special conditions, and in Halifax, Nova Scotia, through contracts and copies of contracts executed in the 1830s. It also contains information about the Land Question on the Island of St. John’s (now Prince Edward Island) in the form of a brochure produced in about 1782 for landowners, especially those serving in the British army or navy.NotesSource of title proper: supplied title proper based on the content of the documents.
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Liste des seigneuries appartenant aux Jésuites dans le province de Québec
June 20, 1789
S001/B3.4,2.1
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