May 5th. 1792. May 26th. June 7th. June 30th. July 2nd. July 10th. July 12th. August 18th. October 3rd. October 3rd. November 8th December 10th. December 10th. December 12th. December 19th. 1793. January 8th. 3-4 EDOUARD VII, A. 1904 Relating to a Boundary Line between Upper and Lower Canada and the United States, with Copies of Lord Grenville's letter to Mr. Hammond and of Mr. Dundas's to Lord Dorchester on the same subject. Also Capt. Mann's observations on the Posts on the Frontier of Lake Champlain with two Charts accompanying them. Circular. Inclosing a Proclamation forbidding all His Majesty's Subjects Mr. Covering Returns and other papers respecting the Loyalists embarked on Board the Ann and Myrtle Transports. Inclosing Bills of Lading of the articles to be distributed to the Loyalists. (Signed by Mr. King.) Inclosing Warrant of Pardon to Thompson, Gale and Hammel, convicted of Murders. Inclosing Report of His Majesty's Law Officers respecting the Capacity of certain Persons to vote or be voted for as Members of the House of Assembly. Also an Additional Instruction, dated 12th July 1792. Respecting Mr. Toosey's leave of Absence. (Signed by Mr. King.) Private. Asking opinion relative to the Characters and Professional Inclosing plan for altering and amending the Judicature of the Province of Lower Canada. Acknowledging receipt of Letters, &c. Respecting General Christie's application for Lands. And the Boundary Line between Lower Canada and New Brunswick. Respecting the admission of Aliens. Boundary between Quebec and New Brunswick. Reservations to the Crown and Clergy. Care to be taken to prevent ill humour and discontent on the part of the Subjects of the American States at this time when propositions are to be brought forward for adjusting the boundary Line. Introducing Mons'r La Corne and three Ecclesiastics from France. Circular. The proceedings of Persons exercising the Supreme Power in France have been such as to render it expedient to arm to a certain extent, Should Hostilities commence early intelligence thereof will be communicated. In the meantime to be upon guard, but not to have recourse to extraordinary means of expence Inclosing King's Speech and Addresses of both Houses thereupon. Relative to incurring Expences carrying on Works and drawing Bills for payment thereof. No 1. Respecting Clerk to the Executive Council, Colonel Campbell, February 3rd. Mr. Finlay. French Refugees and Mr. Ogden's Memorial relative to lands. Circular. French declaration of War to be circulated immediately, &c. Circular. Inclosing His Majesty's message. February 9th. March 7th. April 29th. April 30th. May 1st. May 15th Inclosing Copy of Letter from George Beck with to Lt Coll Beckwith. N° 2. Inclosing Copy of a letter from the Postmaster General relative to Mr. Finlay's case. (This letter and enclosure withdrawn.) Mons'r Candide Michel Saulnier, a French ecclesiastic, to be permitted to reside in the Province and to perform his functions therein. Stating that the Protection of the W. India Islands had made it necessary to withdraw three Regiments from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, that a Provincial Corps of 600 men was to be raised in each Province subject to the control of the Commander in Chief. Inclosing an Act to prevent traiterous correspondence. SESSIONAL PAPER No. 18 Inclosing printed Copies of two Acts passed in the present sessions No. 40 and 50. Letters from the Treasury addressed to Lieutenant Governor Clarke. To give Lieut. Governor Simcoe a Credit on the Military Chest for a Sum not exceeding £5000, nor less than £2000 at one period. Circular. Respecting the State of the Province-its Internal strength and Resources Offensive and Defensive. Respecting the Drawing Bills for Works, &c. Relative to the Sum of £1850.2.83 balance due the public by the late Sir Thos. Mills, receiver General. Letters from the Commissioners of the Customs. Inclosing Commission &c, for John Mactier. Mr. John Gerbrand Beek appointed Surveyer of the Customs at Montreal. Letters from the Commissioners of the Navy. Respecting Sailors shipwrecked or Discharged and inclosing a Form of a Bill of Accounts. Admiralty Office. Warrant and Instructions for issuing Letters of Marque and Reprisals. Letter and Enclosure from the Society for the relief of Widows and children of Soldiers and Sailors who may die or be killed during the present War dated 30th April 1793. Letters from the Treasury addressed to Lieutenant Governor Clarke. Inclosing a Memorial of John Valentine Preventive Officer at Oswego for Lord Dorchester's opinion. Relative to the addition of £50 currency to the Deputy Pay Master Respecting half pay to Lt. Col'l McKee Messrs. Gorby and Chené. REPORT of the arrangement of the Archives deposited in the vaults of the Bishop's Residence at Quebec and of their contents, made by Jos. F. Perrault, custodian thereof, to His Excellency Rob. S. Milnes, Esquire, Lieut-Governor, and to his Council at Quebec, the 16th December, 1799. To His Excellency Rob. S. Milnes, Esquire, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Canada, &c., &c., &c. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY, Humbly praying, Jos. Fr. Perrault, one of the Clerks of the Court of King's Bench for the District of Quebec, has the honour to submit, that, in obedience to the Order in Council of His Excellency Lord Dorchester, of the 2nd April, 1796, he had, in his time, transferred to the vaults of the Bishop's Residence in the City of Quebec the French Archives that were deposited in the vault of the Jesuit College, which consist of thirty 4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 seven files (or collections of minutes), of different notaries, from the conquest down to that time, in several registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, of insinuations, of proceedings before the Courts of Justice, as well as of a large quantity of bundles and scattered documents, exhibits, acts of tutorship, of curatorship, and others of a like nature. That he had waited a whole year to see if the Attorney-General would find some person who would undertake the arranging of the Archives in accordance with the said Order; but perceiving those precious deposits visibly deteriorating, and no person appearing sufficiently courageous to undertake such a heavy task, your suppliant, despite his other occupations, devoted his time thereto. He will not give you any elaborate details of the putrid state in which he found some of those documents, of the rank odor that they exhaled, of the damp air that he breathed in those vaults, at the risk of his health; of the researches that he had to make in order to have a general knowledge of what those vaults contained; of the plans that he formed for the putting in order of the whole mass; of the difficulties that at every instant he had to encounter; of the discoveries of files of Acts belonging to unknown notaries that he made; of the nights, the trouble and the care that he gave during three years; of the persons he had employed; in fine, of the money that he spent whether for assistance, or for paper, thread and binding material of several registers and repertories. The desire to gain for himself the recognition of the Government and of his fellowcitizens, more than any reward that he expected therefor, caused him to overcome all the repugnance and all the difficulties that necessarily accompany such an undertaking. Having, at last, put the finishing touch on that work, your suppliant hastens to humbly submit to Your Excellency and to Your Council the result of his labors, in the tables and reports hereunto annexed; and he has no doubt that, if it be deemed well to have the said Archives visited and examined, a favorable report, as to the manner in which your suppliant proceeded, of the scrupulous exactness with which he classified and arranged everything, as well as of the order and neatness of all things confided to his custody in the said vaults and comprising the Archives, will be made. With this confidence he dares hope that he will be intrusted with the carrying out of any future orders that may be given, either for the making of a list of the decrees, decisions and ordinances of the King, of the Superior Council and of the Intendants, as would seem to be desired by a Committee of the Council, according to its report of the 11th March, 1730, or for any other public duty; and your Suppliant will ever pray, &c. QUEBEC, the 11th December, 1799. J. F PERRAULT. |