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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

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

Manitoba census returns

Returns from Manitoba census, 1870; returns from Red River census, 1831-1847; returns from Red River census, 1849, 1832-1833; returns from Manitoba census, 1856.

Canada. Census Office

Colonial Office "secret" supplementary correspondence

This series contains extracts from volumes in C.O. 537 series [supplementary correspondence]. The records consist mainly of despatches to and from the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governor-General of Canada and senior British military officers. The majority of the records were originally classified as "Secret" or "Confidential." Records pertain to all parts of Canada, but include substantial British Columbia-related material. San Juan Island dispute, B.C.'s entry into Confederation, trans-Pacific steamship services, coastal defence, and the Bering Sea sealing negotiations are but some of the issues documented in this series.

Great Britain. Colonial Office

Records relating to baptisms, marriages and burials

The series consists of copies of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials kept at Fort Vancouver, Fort Victoria, Fort Langley, and the Parish of Victoria. The original dates of the records are 1836 to 1886 while the photocopies and transcripts were probably made around 1950.

The first mission of the Church of England on the northwest coast of North America was established by Rev. Herbert Beaver when he arrived at Fort Vancouver, the Pacific Headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company, in May 1837. With the establishment of Fort Victoria, the Hudson's Bay Company employed Rev. Robert John Staines to replace Rev. Beaver who had resigned his Fort Vancouver post in 1838. Staines arrived in 1849 and initiated construction of Victoria's District Church in 1853. Unhappy with the company's land policies, Staines sailed for England in 1854 carrying the grievances of other settlers. His ship foundered and Staines perished. His replacement was Edward Cridge who arrived at Fort Victoria on 1 April 1855. With the issuance of an ordinance by Governor Douglas "establishing regulations for the arrangement of the affairs of the Colonial Church" Cridge could hold his first regular services in August 1856. An endowment of £25,000 from Baroness Burdett-Coutts provided for the establishment of the Diocese of British Columbia and on 12 January 1859 Letters Patent were issued creating a Bishopric and appointing Rev. George Hills as Bishop. His church was consecrated on 7 December 1865 and Edward Cridge was appointed Dean. In September 1869 the Cathedral was destroyed by fire to be replaced by a second wooden structure consecrated on 5 December 1872. This was replaced with the existing stone cathedral consecrated 28 September 1929.

Anglican Church of Canada (Diocese of British Columbia)

American hydrographic charts

The series consists of hydrodgraphic charts produced by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and other official American chart- producing agencies. The charts are listed alphabetically by title in the chart list.

The charts have been copied onto 105mm microfiche which are arranged sequentially according to the call numbers cited in the chart lists. Some of the dates presented should be considered tentative, since some of the charts, particularly some from the 1850s, may be undated reproductions of official charts. Researchers should also note that the charts listed with dates from the 1840s are 1971 reproductions of 1940s items. Background information on early American hydrographic surveying can be found in Peter J. Guthern. United States Coastal Charts, 1783- 1861 (NW526.99/G984). Additional related information is provided in United States Coast Survey. Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington Territory. 1869 (NW527/U58p/c.2) and in United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington. 1889 (NW527/U58p.4/ c.2).

A graphic index covering the Alaska and B.C. coastlines is available in the volume U.S. Coast Pilot: Alaska (NW623.8929/U58a/1943).

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

Canada. Dept. Of Marine And Fisheries.

Transaction Registers for ships registered at Victoria 1867-1908 and Vancouver 1891-1898 and 1917-1945. The reels also contain Registers for various Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ports 1841-1950. Among details to be found are where and when ship was built; owners; builders; number of decks, masts, details of rigging etc.; length, breadth, depth; tonnage; details of engines; changes of ownership and final fate of ship (i.e. reason for being taken off Registry). Some Victoria volumes are indexed.

Reel B08475 (NAC reel C-1214, Vol. 147) Victoria 1897-1908
Reel B08476 (NAC reel C-3184) Quebec, Ontario, Victoria
Reel B08477 (NAC reel C-3185) Weymouth, Annapolis, Victoria
Reel B08478 (NAC reel C-3188)

Canada. Department of Marine and Fisheries

Hudson's Bay Company

Standing rules and regulations of the H.B.C.'s fur trade established by the Council for the Northern Department of Rupert's Land.

Presented by J.A. Pearce, 1974.

Hudson's Bay Company

Colonial Office correspondence outward to Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island: Entry Books of Correspondence, 1849-1867, (C.O. 410, vols. 1-2). This unit consists of letter-book copies of despatches from the Secretary of State for the Colonies (i.e. the Colonial .Secretary) to the governors of Vancouver Island. Subject indexes appear at the end of the volumes. Original duplicate copies of these records are catalogued as C/AA/10.2/1. Other copies, but of inferior quality, may be found on microfilm reel B00004 (1).

Great Britain. Colonial Office

Selected manuscripts re Indian Languages in British Columbia

Manuscripts relating to Indian languages of British Columbia selected by the BC Indian Languages Project. Photocopy ca. 1850-1920 3.2 m The manuscripts in this unit were copied at the Smithsonian Institution by the British Columbia Indian Languages Project. A list of manuscripts is in the printed Catalogue to Manuscripts at the National Anthropological Archives, G.K. Hall, 1975. The Catalogue gives the number of the manuscript assigned by the National Anthropological Archives. The list in the attached finding aid will show the manuscripts copied by the BC Indian Languages Project. Researchers are advised that not all manuscripts relating to British Columbia that are shown in the Catalogue are in this unit.

Smithsonian Institution. National Anthropological Archives

Colonial Office correspondence with regard to British Columbia

This series contains original correspondence (C.O.60/1 - C.O. 60/44), consisting of despatches (despatches from the Governor of British Columbia to the Colonial Secretary, correspondence and minutes arising from the despatches, and draft despatches from the Colonial Secretary) as well as miscellaneous letters to the Colonial Secretary from other departments of the British Government and from individuals on matters relating to British Columbia. Reel 1453 contains some pages which were not filmed at the time of the original filming.

Great Britain. Colonial Office

Great Britain. Colonial Office.

Entry Books, series 2, British Columbia: Commissions, Instructions to Governors, Petitions, Grants, Orders-in-Council, Warrants, Letters, etc. 2 Sept 1858 - 14 Feb 1871. (C.O. 381/18). Index on p. 494.

Great Britain. Colonial Office

Colonial Office correspondence outward to British Columbia

British Columbia: Entry Books of Correspondence, 1 July 1858 - 11 August 1871 (C.O. 398, Vols. 1 - 7). Unit consists of letter-book copies of despatches to the governors of British Columbia from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, along with copies of letters from the Colonial Secretary to other departments of the British Government and to individuals, on matters relating to British Columbia. Indexes to correspondence appear at the end of each volume. A series of duplicate original despatches (hardcopy) is catalogued as C/AB/10.2/1. This series of duplicate original despatches often includes copies of enclosures, which are absent from letter-books which comprise this unit.

Great Britain. Colonial Office

Transcriptions of despatches from the Governor of British Columbia to the Secretary of State for the Colonies

The series consists of 8 volumes of transcribed copies of despatches from the Governor of British Columbia to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1858-1859. Originally numbered CO 60/1 to CO 60/4.
Volume 1: C.O. 60 vol. 1 part 1, 1858
Volume 2: C.O. 60 vol. 1 part 2, 1858
Volume 3: C.O. 60 vol. 2 part 1, 1858
Volume 4: C.O. 60 vol. 2 part 2, 1858
Volume 5: C.O. 60 vol. 3 part 1, 1858
Volume 6: C.O. 60 vol. 3 part 2, 1858
Volume 7: C.O. 60 vol. 4 part 1, 1859
Volume 8: C.O. 60 vol. 4 part 2, 1859

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Great Britain. Colonial Office

Register of acts

This series contains a register of acts from British Columbia, 1859-1884; North West Territories, 1881. Individual acts are registered only up to 1872; after that the register simply notes once a year that statutes have been received. The reel also contains vol. 24, Canada, 1881-1891; vol. 48, Manitoba, 1871-1887; and vols. 54-56, New Brunswick, 1786-1838, 1839-1848, 1848-1860.

Great Britain. Colonial Office

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