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War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses, 1813-1848, RG 19 E5A

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The year 2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, which took place from June 18, 1812, to February 16, 1815. During this period of conflict between the United States and Great Britain, many military events occurred on Canadian soil. To learn more about the War of 1812, we invite you to read the historical overview.

Library and Archives Canada holds a vast and unique collection of records related to the Canadian men and women who were involved in the War of 1812. It consists mainly of muster rolls, paylists, claims, certificates of service, and medal registers. Please note that, except for the South African War, personnel records for the Canadian military were not created before the First World War

During the War of 1812 and immediately after it, local military boards ruled on claims submitted for losses sustained as a result of the war. In 1815, Lieutenant Governor General Gore appointed for this purpose a commission which submitted a report in 1816; but no claims were paid. A new commission was appointed in 1823; 25% of the amounts paid on claims approved by the new commission came from imperial funds.

Library and Archives Canada holds records related to the work of the commission and boards of claims for War of 1812 Losses. These records include proceedings, letterbooks, and vouchers for supplementary payments. The type of claims investigated included claims for damage done by his Majesty's troops, damage done by Indians, damage done by the enemy, and damage sustained in transporting troops, goods, etc. A total of 2,055 claims were presented to the board.

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Microfilm	Volume	File	Title	Dates
T-1122	4357		Register of Claims, 1-1121	1813-1848
T-1122	4358		Register of Claims, 1116-1874	1813-1848
T-1122	3728	1	Military Board of Claims, Niagara	1813-1814
T-1122	3728	2	Military Board of Claims, Fort Wellington	1815
T-1122	3728	3	Military Board of Claims, London District	1815
T-1122	3728	4	Military Board of Claims, Kingston	1815
T-1122	3728	5	Military Board of Claims, Western District	1815-1816
T-1122	3728	6	Military Board of Claims, York	1815-1816
T-1122	3729	1	Letter book of the Secretary to the Board of Commissioners (B.C.), J.B. Macaulay	1823-1826
T-1122	3729	2	Board of Commissioners, Journal of Proceedings	1823-1826
T-1123	3729	3	Board of Commissioners, miscellaneous documents
T-1123	3729	4	Board of Commissioners, Minutes regarding claims 1-309	1823
T-1123	3729	5	Board of Commissioners, Minutes regarding claims 310-817	1823
T-1123	3729	6	Board of Commissioners, Minutes regarding claims 818-1964	1823-1825
T-1123	3729	7	Board of Commissioners, Minutes regarding claims 1965-2055	1825-1826
T-1123	3729	8	Commissioners' Report	1825
T-1123	3729	9	Draft of Commissioners' Report	1825
T-1123	3729	10	Government Acts regarding raising of funds for claims by debenture on the credit of certain duties therein identified	1830
T-1123	3729	11	Index to claims by name
T-1123	3729	12	Index to claims by location
T-1123	3730	1	Correspondence relating to claims arising from the War of 1812	1815
T-1123	3730	2	Correspondence relating to claims arising from the War of 1812	1816-1822
T-1123	3730	3	Correspondence relating to claims arising from the War of 1812	1823
T-1123	3730	4	Correspondence relating to claims arising from the War of 1812	1824
T-1123	3731	1	Correspondence relating to claims arising from the War of 1812	1825
T-1123	3731	2	Correspondence relating to claims arising from the War of 1812	1826
T-1123	3731	3	Correspondence relating to claims arising from the War of 1812	1827
T-1123	3731	4	Correspondence relating to claims arising from the War of 1812	1830, 1833-34, 1837
T-1123	3731	5	Correspondence relating to claims arising from the War of 1812	1840, 1848
T-1124	3732	1	Contains a general statement of procedural principals on the part of the Board of Commissioners; Index with recapitulation of certain Class 1 claims; General Index to Class 1 claims, First Division (3 volumes of Registers) and Second Division (2 volumes of Registers)
T-1124	3732	2	Register volume 1 of Class 1, Division 1 claims, nos. 1-155, and Draft Register of said claims
T-1124	3732	3	Register volumes 2 and 3 of Class 1, Division 1 claims, nos. 1-420
T-1124	3732	4	Draft Register of claims 1-130
T-1124	3732	5	Draft Register of claims 131-223
T-1124	3732	6	Draft Register of claims 224-365
T-1124	3732	7	Draft Register of claims 366-420
T-1124	3732	8	Register volume 1 of Class 1, Division 2 claims, nos. 1-375
T-1124	3732	9	Draft Register of claims 143-375
T-1124	3733	1	Precise index to Class 1, Division 2, Volume 2 claims, nos. 1-212; claims 1-212
T-1124	3733	2	Precise index to Class 1, Division 3, Volume 1 claims. Index is in three parts: A. Claims 1-159, B. Claims 1-43, and Part C is a general index occupying the last nine pages of the volume. File also contains part A claims, 1-52
T-1124	3733	3	Part A claims 53-159
T-1124	3733	4	Part B claims 1-43
T-1124	3733	5	Index to recapitulation of certain Class 2 claims; General index to Class 2 claims (5 volumes)
T-1124	3733	6	Precise indexes to Class 2, Volumes 1 and 2 claims, nos. 1-518
T-1124	3733	7	Claims 179-185
T-1125	3733	7	Claims 87-178
T-1125	3733	8	Claims 178-327
T-1125	3734	1	Class 2, Volume land 2 claims continued 328-470
T-1125	3734	2	Class 2, Volume land 2 claims 471-518
T-1125	3734	3	Precise index to Class 2, Volume 3 of Class 2 claims, nos. 1-322, and two sheets of Draft Register of said claims
T-1125	3734	4	Precise indexes to Class 2, Volumes 4 and 5 claims, nos. 1-400
T-1125	3734	5	Draft Register of claims 1-240
T-1125	3734	6	Draft Register of claims 241-400
T-1125	3735- 3736	1	Precise index to Class 4 claims, nos. 1-209, and Draft Register of said claims, arranged by last name
T-1125	3735- 3736	2	Three registers of supplementary claims, one for Niagara District, one for Western District, and one for the Districts of Home, Johnston, London, and Midland. Arranged by claim number
T-1125	3735- 3736	3	Register of additional, unindexed claims, nos. 1-1101
T-1125	3735- 3736	4	Paylist records, various alphabetical arrangements	1815-1828
T-1125	3737	1	Schedules of claims, organized by district and, within a district, by roughly alphabetical order of claimant's name
T-1125	3737	2	Schedules and abstracts of undecided claims, organized by claim number
T-1125	3737	3	Abstracts of certain claims and of the proceedings of the Board of Commissioners
T-1125	3737	4	Schedules of returns of claims, organized by claim number. The file includes an index, organized by roughly alphabetical order of claimant's name, of returns of claims 1-1318
T-1126	3737	5	Schedules of returns of supplementary claims, organized by claim number
T-1126	3737	6	Schedule of payments for losses, arranged in roughly alphabetical order of claimant's name. It serves as an index to the vouchers in volumes 3760-3763
T-1126	3737	7	Schedule of payments for supplementary awards; first, second, and third supplements. It is arranged in roughly alphabetical order of claimant's name and serves as an index to the vouchers for supplementary awards in volume 3763
T-1126	3738	1	Claims and settlements: A
T-1126	3738	2	B
T-1126	3738	3	C
T-1126	3738	4	D
T-1126	3738	5	E-F
T-1126	3738	6	G-H
T-1126	3739	1	J-L
T-1126	3739	2	Mac and Mc
T-1126	3739	3	M
T-1126	3739	4	N-P
T-1126	3739	5	R
T-1126	3739	6	S
T-1126	3739	7	T
T-1126	3739	8	U-Y
T-1126	3740	1	Claims: 1-20
T-1127	3740	2	21-20
T-1127	3740	3	41-49
T-1127	3741	1	50-60
T-1127	3741	2	61-100
T-1127	3741	3	101-125
T-1127	3742	1	126-150
T-1128	3742	2	151-160
T-1128	3742	3	161-180
T-1128	3743	1	181-199
T-1128	3743	2	200-235
T-1128	3743	3	236-255
T-1128	3744	1	256-265
T-1129	3744	2	266-299
T-1129	3744	3	300-320
T-1129	3745	1	321-350
T-1129	3745	2	351-370
T-1129	3745	3	371-399
T-1129	3746	1	400-425
T-1129	3746	2	426-450
T-1130	3746	3	451-478
T-1130	3747	1	479-500
T-1130	3747	2	501-525
T-1130	3747	3	526-550
T-1130	3748	1	551-599
T-1130	3748	2	600-649
T-1131	3749	1	650-699
T-1131	3749	2	700-750
T-1132	3749	3	751-800
T-1132	3750	1	801-850
T-1132	3750	2	851-900
T-1132- T-1133	3750	3	901-999
T-1133	3751	1	1000-1059
T-1133	3751	2	1060-1100
T-1134	3751	3	1101-1139
T-1134	3752	1	1140-1165
T-1134	3752	2	1166-1179
T-1134- T-1135	3752	3	1180-1216
T-1135	3753	1	1216-1275
T-1135	3753	2	1276-1318
T-1135- T-1136	3754	1	1319-1370
T-1136	3754	2	1371-1407
T-1136	3754	3	1408-1454
T-1136	3755	1	1455-1489
T-1136- T-1137	3755	2	1490-1549
T-1137	3755	3	1550-1599
T-1137	3756	1	1600-1654
T-1137- T-1138	3756	2	1651-1699
T-1138	3757	1	1700-1750
T-1138	3757	2	1751-1799
T-1138- T-1139	3757	3	1800-1850
T-1139	3757	4	1851-1870
T-1139	3758	1	1871-1900
T-1139	3758	2	1901-1950
T-1139- T-1140	3759	1	1951-1999
T-1140	3759	2	2000-2055
T-1140	3760	1	Schedule of payments for losses incurred by the inhabitants of Upper Canada, serves as an index to the following vouchers. A clearer copy of this schedule can be found in file 6 of volume 3737
T-1140	3760	2	Vouchers 1-218 (A-B)
T-1140- T-1141	3760	3	Vouchers 219-451 (C-D)
T-1141	3761	1	Vouchers 452-710 (E-H)
T-1141- T-1142	3761	2	Vouchers 711-871 (I-L)
T-1142	3762	1	Vouchers 872-1049 (M)
T-1142	3762	2	Vouchers 1050-1224 (N-R)
T-1142	3762	3	Vouchers 1225-1386 (S)
T-1143	3763	1	Vouchers 1387-1551 (T-Z)
T-1143	3763	2	Vouchers for supplementary payments. First supplement. Includes an index
T-1143	3763	3	Vouchers for supplementary payments. Second and third supplements. Includes an index. File 7 of volume 3737 contains the schedule of payment for these vouchers
T-1143	3764		Volume contains duplicates of vouchers in volumes 3760-3762
T-1143	3765		Volume contains duplicates of vouchers in volumes 3762-3763, and duplicates of the Powers of Attorney in volume 3768
T-1143	3766	1	Certificates & affidavits: A-D
T-1143	3766	2	E-K
T-1143- T-1144		3	L-R
T-1144	3767	1	S-So
T-1144	3767	2	Sp-Y
T-1144	3767	3	Certificates and affidavits of individuals for groups of people
T-1144	3768	1	List of Powers of Attorney granted to R. Grant and S. Street. List of Powers of Attorney granted to T.Clark, R. Grant, and R. Nichol
T-1144	3768	2	Powers of Attorney: A-P
T-1144	3768	3	Powers of Attorney: R-W
T-1144	3768	4	Powers of Attorney issued by groups to an individual

Please note that spelling variations of names were common before the mid-1900s. Many names were written phonetically, as they sounded to the person recording them.

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