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Great Britain. Colonial Office.

Copies of official correspondence, mainly from the Colonial Secretary to the governors and administrators of Newfoundland, 1762-1765. These records are a portion of C.O. 194/26. Vol. 1.

Great Britain. Colonial Office

Archives research collection

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  • 1785-1991

The collection consists primarily of copies or records collected by the archives, loaned to the archives or donated to the archives. These records encompass all aspects of the political, economic, social and cultural history of the province. They come from all over the world but have a BC connection. These copies come from other archives, universities, historical societies, institutes and individuals.

British Columbia Archives

India Office correspondence and other records

This series consists of transcriptions of records from the British India Office, including, extracts from Factory Records (China), 1787-1789; minutes of the Committee of Correspondence, 1785-1788; Court minutes, 1785-1788; and miscellaneous letters received, 1785-1788. Ships mentioned in the records include: Captain Cook, Experiment, Imperial Eagle, King George, Nootka, Prince of Wales, and Queen Charlotte.

Great Britain. India Office

South Sea Company correspondence

This series consists of records of the Brtish Home Office, including correspondence with the sub-governor, and deputy governor of the South Sea Committee, with grant of a licence from the South Sea Company to R.C. Etches and others.

Great Britain. Home Office

Columbia Rediviva (Ship).

Papers relating to the second voyage of the Columbia Rediviva, August - November 1790.

Purchased from Massachusetts Historical Society, 1977.

Columbia Rediviva (Ship)

Examination of John Meares minutes

Extracts of minutes recording an examination of John Meares relative to his activities in the fur trade on the northwest coast of North America, correspondence and a memorial presented by Alexander Mackenzie seeking rights to establish a fur trade company on the northwest coast of North America.

Great Britain. Board of Trade

George Vancouver correspondence

This series consists of correspondence relating to instructions and supplies for George Vancouver's expedition, 1791 and negotiations between Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra Mollinedo and George Vancouver at Nootka, 1792-1793. (CO 5/187).

Great Britain. Colonial Office

Foreign Office transcripts

This series consists of 14 volumes of transcripts of despatches and reports of foreign missions in the United States of America relating to settlement in the Pacific northwest and Hudson's Bay Company claims to Oregon territory. (P.R.O., F.O.5).

Great Britain. Foreign Office

Foreign Office correspondence

This series consists of correspondence and reports from the British Foreign Office relating to possessory rights in Oregon, the San Juan boundary and the establishment of a transcontinental telegraph. (F.O. 115/20 to F.O. 115/172).

Great Britain. Foreign Office

Ship's logs

The series consists of microfilmed copies of ship's logs of ships voyaging to the northwest coast of North America, the Hawaiian Islands, and Asia. The ships include:
Atahualpa (ship), 1811-1814
Behring (ship), 1814-1815
Mercury (ship), 1815
Isabella (ship), 1815-1816
Pedler (brigadier), 1816.

Atahualpa (Ship)

Colonial Office correspondence with Hudson's Bay Co. with regard to Vancouver Island

This series consists of transcripts of correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company relating to the conveyance, settlement, and reconveyance of Vancouver Island. Correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Volumes:
Volume 1: 1822-1851
Volume 2: 1852-1856.
Volume 3: 1856-1858
Volume 4: 1858-1860
Volume 5: 1860-1863
Volume 6: 1863-1880

Great Britain. Colonial Office

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