Fonds 76-038 - Canada Company fonds

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Canada Company fonds

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    76-038

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    • 1976 (Reproduction)
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      Canada Company

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    12 microfilm reels.

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    Custodial history

    The microfilm was created by the Archives of Ontario, which has custody of the original fonds, and the microfilm was purchased by the Trent University Archives.

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    This fonds consists of 12 microfilm reels of records from the Canada Company located in the Archives of Ontario. It includes correspondence, 1824-1904: letter books, correspondence with Commissioners, shareholders, H.M. Government, etc.; Minutes, 1824-1869: Court of Directors and committee minutes; and Reports, 1841-1864: as well as reports on tracts of land.

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    This fonds was purchased from the Archives of Ontario.

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        The original items are located in the Archives of Ontario.

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        Associated material located at the Archives of Ontario, the Library and Archives Canada (MG 24 I 46), the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Lennox Addington Historical Society, University of Western Ontario Library, McGill University Library, and Queens University Archives.

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        Microfilm. Set 17.

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        The microfilm is not a complete set of the records located within the Canada Company Records at the Archives of Ontario.

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        FINDING AID

        Reel No. 1

        Correspondence

        1. Canada Company letter book, 9 February 1824 - 31 March 1852; includes index, 381 pages

        Correspondence with H.M. Government, August 1826 - November 1842, index, 117 pages

        1. Correspondence with the Commissioners
          22 May 1834 - 18 October 1842, 390 pages, index
          3 November 1842 - 22 March 1850, 418 pages, index (to page 258; continues on next reel)

        Reel No. 2

        1. Correspondence with the Commissioners (continued)

        3(a). Commissioners' letters and reports
        23 November 1826 - 30 December 1828, 338 pages, index

        Reel No. 3

        3(a). Commissioners' letters and reports (continued)
        2 January 1829 - 8 May 1834, 382 pages, index

        3(b). Letters to Court of Directors from Frederick Widder
        12 October 1839 - 25 July 1845 (continued on next reel)

        Reel No. 4

        3(b). Letters to Court of Directors from Frederick Widder (continued)
        June 1843 - July 1845

        1. Other letters of the Board of Directors
          10 March 1834 - 20 January 1848, 389 pages, index
          24 January 1848 - 31 December 1904, 394 pages, index

        2. Miscellaneous correspondence
          Correspondence with shareholders
          14 May 1831 - 2 December 1831, 60 pages, index, list of shareholders

        Minutes

        1. Minutes of Court of Directors
          Vol. 1: 30 July 1824 - 30 May 1826, 242 pages, index

        Reel No. 5

        Minutes of Court of Directors (continued)
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        30 May 1826 - 17 November 1826, pp. 208-242
        Vol. 2: 26 August 1826 - 26 July 1832, 369 pages, index
        Vol. 3: 30 August 1832 - 31 December 1840, 379 pages, index
        Vol. 4: 8 July 1841 - 20 January 1848, 381 pages, index

        1. Minutes of the Committees of Correspondence (et al)
          Vol. 1: 17 August 1824 - 28 July 1826, 104 pages, index

        Reel No. 6

        1. Minutes of the Committees of Correspondence (et al) (continued)
          Vol. 2: 31 August 1826 - 31 December 1829, 368 pages, index
          Vol. 3: 19 April 1827 - 2 August 1827, 37 pages
          Vol. 4: 5 January 1830 - 23 January 1834, 381 pages, index
          Vol. 5: 6 February 1834, 13 September 1838, 389 pages, index
          Vol. 6: 20 September 1838 - 18 July 1839, pp. 1-69, index (continued on next reel)

        Reel No. 7

        1. Minutes of the Committees of Correspondence (et al.) (continued)
          Vol. 6: 18 July 1839 - 3 May 1843, pp. 70-433
          Vol. 7: 11 May 1843 - 11 November 1847, 431 pages, index
          Vol. 8: 18 November 1847 - 12 August 1869, 429 pages, index
          "Special single Volume appearing nowhere in catalogue: 'Agreements with His Majesty's Government, Act of Parliament, etc.'", 354 pages, table of contents

        Reel No. 8

        Correspondence with Commissioners
        Vol. 3: 5 April 1850 - 26 September 1856, 442 pages, index
        Vol. 4: 3 October 1856 - 26 October 1865, 451 pages, index

        Letters to the Directors from Frederick Widder, Commissioner
        Vol. 4: 13 March 1852 - 18 November 1852
        Vol. 5: 7 January 1853 - 31 December 1859 (ends 25 July 1857, continued on next reel)

        Reel No. 9

        Letters from Widder (continued)
        Vol. 5: continued from 25 July 1857 to 31 December 1859
        Vol. 6: 7 January 1860 - 31 December 1864

        Correspondence with Shareholders
        Vol. 2: 14 May 1841 - 2 December 1841, index
        Vol. 3: 20 May 1845 - 14 July 1852, 167 pages, index

        Minutes - Proceedings of the General Court
        Vol. 1: 20 December 1826 - 21 December 1854, 377 pages, index
        Vol. 2: 28 March 1855 - 31 December 1868, index (continued on next reel)

        Reel No. 10

        Minutes - Proceedings of the General Court (continued)
        Vol. 2: 24 June 1869 - 23 December 1869 (continued from Reel No. 9)

        Minutes of the Court of Directors
        Vol. 5: 20 January 1848 - 31 March 1852, 327 pages, index
        Vol. 6: 7 April 1852 - 4 August 1854, 338 pages, index
        Vol. 7: 31 August 1854 - 15 January 1857, 329 pages, index
        Vol. 8: 22 January 1857 - 10 February 1859, pp. 1-270, index (continued on next reel)

        Reel No. 11

        Minutes of the Court of Directors (continued)
        Vol. 8: 10 February 1859 - 18 August 1859, pp. 271-340
        Vol. 9: 25 August 1859 - 19 June 1862, 352 pages, index
        Vol. 10: 25 June 1862 - 17 June 1865, 329 pages, index

        Miscellaneous Minute Books: Toronto and Lake Huron Railway Company

        1. 19 May 1845 - 12 July 1845, 56 pages, index
        2. 14 July 1845 - 3 April 1846
        3. 1 May 1846 - 18 December 1851
        4. Secretary's Rough Minute Book, 2 January 1846 - 14 January 1847

        Reports:
        Strickland's Journal, 1841, 2 volumes. Report by lot and concession of land owned by the Canada Company

        Reel No. 12

        Reports (continued):
        Charles Widder's Report, 1864, 2 volumes. Report on the Huron Tract
        Canada Company Amendment Acts, 1856
        Charter of the City of Toronto and Lake Huron Railroad Company; Act of Incorporation passed 20 April 1836

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