Archives Search

Title

Series consists of

12 lower level description(s)

Arrangement structure

Series part of

Executive Council Office of the Province of Upper Canada fonds [textual record] (R10875-0-8-E)

Date(s)

1792-1841

Place of creation

Ontario

Extent

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Series consists of minute books (commonly referred to as the "State Books") of the Executive Council which record that body's deliberations concerning state business during the period 1792-1841. Minutes of committees and sub-committees, such as the committees appointed to audit Provincial public accounts, were often incorporated, as reports, into the State Books. The minute books in this series each contain an alphabetic index of names and subjects. The headings are somewhat idiosyncratic but relatively reliable as a guide to the contents. During the years 1792-1796, the state and land minutes were entered in a single minute book which has now been shelved as the first volume of the "Land Books" (see vol.19 in the Land Minute Books of the Executive Council series, elsewhere within this fonds). Thereafter, separate sets of minute books were maintained to record the deliberations of the Executive Council concerning its state and land business. The evidence does not suggest that the Executive Council met in separate meetings for its state and land work but, rather, that two separate agendas were presented at each meeting at which there were both state and land matters to be discussed. The proceedings and decisions were then recorded in different minute books. The line of distinction between "state" and "land" issues was not always clearly maintained in the two sets of minutes. Matters relating to particular land grants, leases and associated topics were documented in the land minute books. Land-related issues of a broad or policy nature, on the other hand, were generally considered to be "state" matters and are found documented in the state minute books. As a result, one finds records of land-granting policy, of the acquisition and distribution of Indian lands, of military reserves (Ordnance lands transferred to civil control), and similar topics documented in the state minute books.

Conditions of access

Terms of use

In order to protect the fragile originals, records in this series have been microfilmed and the originals withdrawn from circulation. The microfilm must be used for consultation and copying rather than the originals.

Finding aid

CAB RG 1 Shelf List 2 90 The CAB RG 1 Shelf List (see RG , E1 section) is a typed volume-level description which provides volume titles and inclusive dates and corresponding microfilm reel numbers. The Shelf List also correlates the current volume number (assigned by the National Archives) to the letter designation (B, C, D, ... M) assigned to each volume by the records creators. (Electronic)

Additional information

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

205063