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Announcement - Baby
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Aylmer Museum Photo Collection
- Description
- Notice of Birth by Medical Practitioner, Province of Ontario, son of Lewis Howeel 1910,
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Documentary Artifacts
- Subject of Image
- Ontario Government Medical Professionals
- Accession Number
- 2012-010-0033
- Length
- 9.00
- Width
- 14.00
- Units
- cm
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Announcement - Baby
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Aylmer Museum Photo Collection
- Description
- Official Return of Birth Questions to be answered by the informant of birth. Province of Ontario. Information about newborn
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Documentary Artifacts
- Subject of Image
- Ontario Government Medical Professionals
- Accession Number
- 2012-010-0037
- Length
- 9.00
- Width
- 14.00
- Units
- cm
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Archives of Ontario - Ministry of Natural Resources fonds, RG 1-470
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Archives of Ontario - Ministry of Natural Resources fonds, RG 1-470
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- 1793-1844
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Archives of Ontario - Ministry of Natural Resources fonds, RG 1-470
- Creator
- Office of the Surveyor General for Upper Canada
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- 1793-1844
- Physical Description
- 33 map sheets
- History / Biographical
- The Office of the Surveyor General for Upper Canada descended from the earlier position of Surveyor General for the Province of Quebec; with the passing of the Constitutional Act of 1791, this structure was kept for the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. The Surveyor General was responsible for surveying, maintaining, and selling Crown lands in the province (via land grants and leases), and would report to the Lieutenant-Governor and the Legislative Assembly. David William Smith was appointed at the first Surveyor General of Upper Canada in 1792, although surveying work had been done prior to this.
The physical act of surveying was a difficult one, and required a team of around eight to ten men per surveyor, including two chain bearers (used to determine measurements) and axemen to clear paths. The surveyors were required to keep both diaries and field books outlining their operations, and taking note of characteristics such as vegetation, soil type, topography, and the suitability of the land for agriculture. Upon the completion of a survey, the notes and other records were handed to the Office of the Surveyor General, where draftsmen or surveyors would assemble finished plans based on the material. The maps created by this office established a visual standard, including the use of coloured inks for specific areas (red ink for Crown reserves; black ink for Clergy reserves; blue for water; yellow-green for swamps) and the units of measurement.
Around 1827, the Surveyor General position was slowly superseded by the newly-created office of Commissioner for Crown Lands, and by 1845 the Surveyor General’s Office was fully integrated into the Department of Crown Lands. From that point on, surveying duties were done under a new branch, the Surveying Department of Canada West.
- Custodial History
- The Elgin County Archives is proud to participate in the Archives of Ontario's Digitization Loan Program, whereby qualifying archival institutions are granted permission to borrow and digitize original Archives of Ontario records and, under license, to publish and host the resulting digital archives online. The Elgin County Archives has now completed a project to digitize and publish online both the Archives of Ontario's Thomas Talbot fonds, F 501, and the Ministry of Natural Resources fonds, RG 1-470.
- Scope and Content
- The Ministry of Natural Resources fonds consists of 33 large-scale plans (registered 1793-1844; incorporating annotations dating up to 1981) created by the Surveyor General’s Office documenting 23 townships along the north shore of Lake Erie. The plans show lot and concession numbers, major roads, First Nations settlements, mills, creeks, swamps, and local geographic information. Many maps contain an assortment of notes on specific geographic features and have settler names written in; others are blank. The maps were frequently used as working documents, and bear revisions and annotations dating years after their apparent creation.
Seven maps lack any sort of date; in these cases, the Archives of Ontario’s estimation has been used. In other cases, a map bears dates of annotation but no written date of registration; in these cases the date range of the annotations has been used as an approximate date.
- Name Access
- Archives of Ontario
- Subject Access
- Government
- Maps
- Repro Restriction
- The records digitized and made accessible through this program remain the exclusive property of the Archives of Ontario. Use of these records is for research and private study only. Requests for reproduction of the records must be directed to the Archives of Ontario
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Archives of Ontario - Thomas Talbot fonds, F 501
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Archives of Ontario - Thomas Talbot fonds, F 501
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- 1802-1849
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Archives of Ontario - Thomas Talbot fonds, F 501
- Creator
- Talbot, Thomas
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- cartographic material
- Date Range
- 1802-1849
- Physical Description
- 45 map sheets
- History / Biographical
- Thomas Talbot (1771-1853) was the son of an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family who became a prominant military man and land owner in Upper Canada.
- Custodial History
- The Elgin County Archives is proud to participate in the Archives of Ontario's Digitization Loan Program, whereby qualifying archival institutions are granted permission to borrow and digitize original Archives of Ontario records and, under license, to publish and host the resulting digital archives online. The Elgin County Archives has now completed a project to digitize and publish online both the Archives of Ontario's Thomas Talbot fonds, F 501, and the Ministry of Natural Resources fonds, RG 1-470.
- Scope and Content
- The Thomas Talbot fonds includes 45 large-format plans (registered 1802-1832; incorporating annotations dated 1810-1849) and a lease settlement register (created and maintained 1842-1846; includes retroactive entries dated 1825-1836) documenting land distribution in the town of London and the 30 townships in six counties throughout southwestern Ontario in which Talbot controlled land allocation. The plans show survey grids, clergy and school reserves, town sites (including London), First Nations villages, mill seats, footpaths, trails, waterways and crossings, local and regional roads. Most significantly, perhaps, the plans include personal land settlement information, with the names of grantees and dates of occupation penciled in by Talbot on individual lots.
A note on dating the maps: in many cases, Talbot treated them as working documents, adding, removing, overwriting and revising annotations, often over a period of several years, and, in a few instances, including information retroactive to the creation of the document. For example, item F 501-1-0-0-18 was registered in 1824, but incorporates annotations dated 1817-1840. 34 of the plans have been registered, and their registration dates have been adopted as a "date of creation". 10 plans bear no registration date, but do incorporate dated annotations: in the absence of other evidence, the earliest and latest dated annotations in these plans have been adopted as representing the plan's temporal scope. One plan (F 501-1-0-0-38) contains no dated data and has been assigned an estimated date based on internal evidence and comparison with related plans.
- Name Access
- Archives of Ontario
- Talbot, Thomas
- Subject Access
- Government
- Maps
- Repro Restriction
- The records digitized and made accessible through this program remain the exclusive property of the Archives of Ontario. Use of these records is for research and private study only. Requests for reproduction of the records must be directed to the Archives of Ontario
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Balaclava Street School, St. Thomas
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1910
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Location
- W10 B2 F31
Bill Whisken
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- R4 S6 Sh6 B2 F4
Bylaw
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Date Range From
- 1858
- Material
- Paper, glass, wood
- Manufacturer
- Aaron Price, Warder Office
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Framed Art Collection
- Number of Artifacts
- 1
- Description
- Bylaw enacted 1858 "to Provide for keeping in Repair and Improving the Public Highways and Roads of the Municipality, and to Regulate the Performance of Statute Labour." Passed in council in the Township of Malahide as bylaw no. 3 with the authority of Hugh Maginnis, Reeve, and Philip Hodgkinson, Township Clerk. Consists of four columns of text which contain nine sections total. 1. Every male resident of the Municipality between 21 and 60 shall work two days on the highways every year, depending on the value of their individual properties. 2. Labour will be enacted under the direction and supervision of Overseers of the Highways to be annually appointed by the Council. 3. Contains a list of duties of the Overseer of the Highway. 4. Individuals exempt from highway maintenance. 5. Stipulations for the immediate repair of roads in the case of sudden damages. 6. "Indigents" may avoid road repair labour with municipality-provided certificates. 7. On the rescheduling of road work. 8. Fines for individuals who refuse road labour. Displayed in blue and silver-coloured wooden frame and overlaid with glass. A previous object ID may be written directly on the bylaw within the frame.
- Material
- Paper, glass, wood
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Documentary Artifact
- Subject of Image
- Roads Aylmer
- Government
- Accession Number
- 2020-001-0043
- Date Range From
- 1858
- Length
- 40.3
- Width
- 30.8
- Height
- 2.4
- Units
- cm
- Manufacturer
- Aaron Price, Warder Office
- Manufacturer City
- Aylmer
- Manufacturer Province
- Ontario
- Manufacturer Country
- Canada
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Bylaw
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Date Range From
- 1858
- Material
- Paper, glass, wood
- Manufacturer
- Aaron Price, Warder Office
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Framed Art Collection
- Number of Artifacts
- 1
- Description
- Framed bylaw enacted in 1858 "to Provide for keeping in Repair and Improving the Public Highways and Roads of the Municipality, and to Regulate the Performance of Statute Labour." Passed in council in the Township of Malahide as bylaw no. 3 with the authority of Hugh Maginnis, Reeve, and Philip Hodgkinson, Township Clerk. Consists of four columns of text which contain nine sections total. 1. Every male resident of the Municipality between 21 and 60 shall work two days on the highways every year, depending on the value of their individual properties. 2. Labour will be enacted under the direction and supervision of Overseers of the Highways to be annually appointed by the Council. 3. Contains a list of duties of the Overseer of the Highway. 4. Individuals exempt from highway maintenance. 5. Stipulations for the immediate repair of roads in the case of sudden damages. 6. "Indigents" may avoid road repair labour with municipality-provided certificates. 7. On the rescheduling of road work. 8. Fines for individuals who refuse road labour. The document was signed at the top by "N.H.B., Antiquarian, To D. H. Price, Relic filed [?]." Ink has bled through from the other side of the document where someone has written out math equations. The bylaw has a wide, cream-coloured matting. Displayed in a wooden frame and overlaid with glass. The contents of the frame are held in place with a piece of white cardstock, and adhered to the back is a piece of paper which reads "Presented to the Malahide Council Nov. 1911 by D. H. Price."
- Material
- Paper, glass, wood
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Documentary Artifact
- Subject of Image
- Roads Aylmer
- Government
- Accession Number
- 1983-007-0001
- Date Range From
- 1858
- Length
- 58
- Width
- 44.6
- Height
- 3.4
- Units
- cm
- Manufacturer
- Aaron Price, Warder Office
- Manufacturer City
- Aylmer
- Manufacturer Province
- Ontario
- Manufacturer Country
- Canada
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Certificate, Achievement
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Date Range From
- 5/31/2000
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Framed Art Collection
- Number of Artifacts
- 1
- Description
- Framed certificate which congratulates the Aylmer Public Utilities Commission for its lack of compensable accidents for forty years. Signed by the President and General Manager Secretary Treasurer of the Electrical Utilities Safety Association of Ontario. Dark red, embossed logo of the Association at lower left of frame. The certificate has a pink, lace-like, scalloped border. Surrounded by dark red matting. Displayed in wooden frame and overlaid with glass. The inner border of the frame is golden in colour, and the outer border is stained a dark, reddish-brown.
Full text: "The Electrical utilities Safety Association of Ontario awards this Certificate of Merit to AYLMER PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION in recognition of the achievement of no compensable accidents for forty years, January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1999 in the operation of ELECTRICAL UTILITIES. Witness our hands and the seal of the Association affixed at Mississauga, Ontario on May 31, 2000. [?], President. [?], General Manager Secretary Treasurer."
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Personal Symbol
- Subject of Image
- Government
- Accession Number
- 2017-014-0002
- Date Range From
- 5/31/2000
- Length
- 41
- Width
- 34.3
- Height
- 2.3
- Units
- cm
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City Council
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Steve Peters Papers
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Accession Number
- 2018-48
- Storage Location
- M1 S1 Sh5 B7 F13
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Steve Peters Papers
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2018-48
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M1 S1 Sh5 B7 F13
- GMD
- textual records
- Series
- Steve Peters Papers - Local History series
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records, 2 col. photographs
- Scope and Content
- File contains two copies of a photograph of St. Thomas City Council. Back row, left to right; Alderman - S. Crosby, Alderman - H. Shields, Alderman - P. Ostojic, Alderman - G. Campbell, Alderman - R. Parks. Front row, left to right; Alderman - J. Brooks, Mayor S. Peters, Alderman - H. Schram This local history file was compiled by Steve Peters.
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Government
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City Council, 1955
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Steve Peters Papers
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Accession Number
- 2018-48
- Storage Location
- M1 S1 Sh5 B7 F12
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Steve Peters Papers
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2018-48
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M1 S1 Sh5 B7 F12
- GMD
- textual records
- Series
- Steve Peters Papers - Local History series
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records, 1 b&w photograph
- Scope and Content
- File contains a photograph of St. Thomas City council in 1955. First row, left to right: unidentified, unidentified, Peter Laing - Mayor, John Stirling, unidentified. Second row, left to right: Charles R. Hammerely, unidentified, Ernest (Ernie) Reid, Clerk - unidentified. Third row, left to right: Bill Cox - treasurer, W. C. Miller - engineer. This local history file was compiled by Steve Peters.
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Government
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City Hall History
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Steve Peters Papers
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- March 14, 1893 - December 20, 1988
- Accession Number
- 2018-48
- Storage Location
- M1 S1 Sh6 B4 F1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Steve Peters Papers
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2018-48
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M1 S1 Sh6 B4 F1
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- March 14, 1893 - December 20, 1988
- Series
- Steve Peters Papers - Local History series
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains photocopies of news articles relating to the histroy of city hall in St. Thomas, and a letter reccomending the original purchase of the city hall building in 1893 which was originally the Haggert & Cochrane property. File also contains some personal hand written notes on the histry of city hall. This local history file was compiled by Steve Peters.
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Government
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City Hall, St. Thomas
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ian D. Cameron Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- ca. 1910
- Accession Number
- 2011-10
- Storage Location
- W10 B2 F29
Correspondence received by the Michigan Central Railroad from Municipalities
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ken Verrell Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1898-1955
- Storage Location
- R4 S5 Sh2 B5 F4
Correspondence received from government agencies
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ken Verrell Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1909-1954
- Storage Location
- R4 S5 Sh2 B5 F1
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Ken Verrell Collection
- Description Level
- File
- File Number
- R4 S5 Sh2 B5 F1
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R4 S5 Sh2 B5 F1
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1909-1954
- Series
- Ken Verrell Collection - Michigan Central Railroad records series
- Physical Description
- 1.0 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence received by the the Michigan Central Railroad in St. Thomas, Ontario, from various government agencies including the Canadian Customs Department, the Hydro-Electric Power Commision of Ontario, the Department of the Interior (Immigration), the Department of Railways and Canals, the Department of Agriculture, the Minister of Labour, the U.S. Department of Labor, the United States Customs Service, the Workmen's Compensation Board, the Ontario Department of Lands, Forest and Mines, the Department of Immigration and Colonization, the Office of the Inspector of Taxation, the Department of Public Highways, Ontario Department of Labour - Steam Boiler Branch, the Weights and Measure Inspection Service - Trade and Commerce Canada, the Department of Indian Affairs, the Canadian Department of National Revenue, and the Department of Reconstruction and Supply.
- Name Access
- Michigan Central Railroad
- Michigan Central Railway
- Subject Access
- Correspondence
- Railways
- Government
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Crowd at the new Community Hall in Rodney: Handing over keys on Armistice Day
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Harley Lashbrook Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- November 11, 1931
- Accession Number
- 2018-35
- Storage Location
- M1 S1 Sh5 B8 F6 2
Dave Marr, Elgin County Warden, 2018
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Council fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 2018
- Storage Location
- C5 Sh4 B5 F2
Document - Baby
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Aylmer Museum Photo Collection
- Description
- Birth Certificate of John Lamont Wilson, registered April 17, 1925.
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Documentary Artifacts
- Subject of Image
- Child/Youth Ontario Government
- Accession Number
- 2013-020-0044
- Length
- 9.00
- Width
- 14.00
- Units
- cm
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Duncan McPhail, Elgin County Warden, 2019
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Council fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 2019
- Storage Location
- C5 Sh4 B5 F3
Grant, Land
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Date Range From
- 12/28/1846
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Framed Art Collection
- Number of Artifacts
- 1
- Description
- A land grant presented to John McIntosh of Malahide Township. Signed by the Right Honourable Charles Murray, Earl Cathcart, Governor General of British North America on December 28th, 1846. At the top of the grant are the words "PROVINCE OF CANADA" in a decorative font. At the upper left hand of the frame is an embossed crest on a separate piece of paper. The grant is displayed with a white or cream-coloured matting in a wooden frame and overlaid with glass. The wood of the frame is stained a dark brown.
Full text: "Cathcart. Province of Canada. Victoria, by the Grace of GOD, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, QUEEN Defender of the Faith: - To all whom these Presents shall come - GREETING. Know ye, that We, of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and mere motion have GIVEN and GRANTED, and by these Presents do Give and Grant unto John McIntosh, of the Township of Malahide, in the County of Middlesex, in the District of London, Yeoman, a Settler located by Colonel Tablot, his heirs and assigns for ever, ALL that PARCEL or TRACT of LAND, situate [sic.] in the Township of Malahide, in the county of Middlesex, in the District of London in Our said Province, containing by admeasurement fifty acres be the same more or less, being composed of the North East Part of Lot Number Nineteen in the Ninth Concession of the said Township of Malahide, that is to say, Commencing in the limit between Lots Numbers Twenty and Nineteen at the distance of fifty chains on a course of North from South East Angle of the said Lot Number Nineteen then West ten chains more or less to the Centre of the said Lot then North forty eight chains more or less, to the allowance for Road on the Northern Boundary of the Township then North seventy eight degrees thirty minutes East more or less to the aforesaid limit between Lots Numbers Nineteen and twenty then South Fifty chains more or less to the place of beginning TOGETHER WITH all the Woods and Waters thereon lying and being, under the reservations, limitations and conditions, hereinafter expressed: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Parcel or Tract of Land, hereby given and granted to him the said John McIntosh, his heirs and assigns for ever: saving, nevertheless, to Us, Our Heirs and Successors, all Mines of Gold and Silver that shall or may be hereafter found on any part of the said Parcel or Tract of Land, hereby given and granted as aforesaid; and saving and reserving to Us, Our Heirs and Successors, all White Pine Trees that shall or may now or hereafter grow, or be growing, on any part of the said Parcel or Tract of Land hereby granted as aforesaid. PROVIDED ALWAYS, that no part of the Parcel or Tract of Land hereby given and granted to the said John McIntosh and his heirs, be within any reservation heretofore made and marked for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, by Our Surveyor General of Woods, or his lawful Deputy, in which case this Our Grant for such part of the Land hereby given and granted to the said John McIntosh and his heirs for ever, as aforesaid, and which shall, upon a survey thereof being made, be found within any such reservation, shall be null and void, and of none effect, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. Given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Canada: Witness, Our Right Trusty and Right Well-Beloved Cousin, Lieutenant General The Right Honorable CHARLES MURRAY, EARL CATHCART, of Cathcart, in the County of Renfrew, K.C.B., Governor General of British North America, and Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over Our Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswich, and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice Admiral of the same, and Commander of Our Forces in British North America, &c. &c. &c. : At Montreal this twenty eighth day of December in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six and in the tenth year of Our Reign. ['1846' added here in blue pen.] By Command of His Excellency in Council, 4th Dec. '46. [Signature, illegible.]"
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Documentary Artifact
- Subject of Image
- Government
- Accession Number
- 2019-029-0002
- Date Range From
- 12/28/1846
- Length
- 45
- Width
- 37.6
- Height
- 2.3
- Units
- cm
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